Asked by: Earl of Dundee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help coordinate efforts to tackle malnutrition within countries with high levels of malnutrition, including the 15 worst affected countries.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
FCDO is implementing our 2021 Nutrition for Growth commitment to spend at least £1.5 billion between 2022 and 2030 on addressing the nutrition needs of mothers, babies and children, tackling malnutrition in humanitarian emergencies, integrating nutrition into multiple sectors including health, climate and economic development partnerships and making sure nutrition is central to the FCDO's wider work.
The UK encourages governments in countries with a high burden of malnutrition to allocate additional public resources in order to meet the 2025 World Health Assembly and 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets.
FCDO has ongoing discussions with G7 partners as well as multilateral agencies, including the World Food Programme and UNICEF through the Scaling Up Nutrition movement. In addition, Andrew Mitchell, Minister for Development and Africa, co-chairs the Action Review Panel (ARP) on child wasting alongside the United States and UNICEF. The ARP coordinates collective action on reducing severe acute malnutrition.
To move the dial on world hunger, the UK is hosting an event in the Autumn on tackling hunger and malnutrition.
Asked by: Earl of Dundee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had on reducing world malnutrition with (1) G7 member states, (2) the World Food Programme, and (3) UNICEF.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
FCDO is implementing our 2021 Nutrition for Growth commitment to spend at least £1.5 billion between 2022 and 2030 on addressing the nutrition needs of mothers, babies and children, tackling malnutrition in humanitarian emergencies, integrating nutrition into multiple sectors including health, climate and economic development partnerships and making sure nutrition is central to the FCDO's wider work.
The UK encourages governments in countries with a high burden of malnutrition to allocate additional public resources in order to meet the 2025 World Health Assembly and 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets.
FCDO has ongoing discussions with G7 partners as well as multilateral agencies, including the World Food Programme and UNICEF through the Scaling Up Nutrition movement. In addition, Andrew Mitchell, Minister for Development and Africa, co-chairs the Action Review Panel (ARP) on child wasting alongside the United States and UNICEF. The ARP coordinates collective action on reducing severe acute malnutrition.
To move the dial on world hunger, the UK is hosting an event in the Autumn on tackling hunger and malnutrition.
Asked by: Earl of Dundee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what targets they have set for the reduction of world malnutrition (1) between 2023 and 2025, and (2) between 2025 and 2030.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
FCDO is implementing our 2021 Nutrition for Growth commitment to spend at least £1.5 billion between 2022 and 2030 on addressing the nutrition needs of mothers, babies and children, tackling malnutrition in humanitarian emergencies, integrating nutrition into multiple sectors including health, climate and economic development partnerships and making sure nutrition is central to the FCDO's wider work.
The UK encourages governments in countries with a high burden of malnutrition to allocate additional public resources in order to meet the 2025 World Health Assembly and 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets.
FCDO has ongoing discussions with G7 partners as well as multilateral agencies, including the World Food Programme and UNICEF through the Scaling Up Nutrition movement. In addition, Andrew Mitchell, Minister for Development and Africa, co-chairs the Action Review Panel (ARP) on child wasting alongside the United States and UNICEF. The ARP coordinates collective action on reducing severe acute malnutrition.
To move the dial on world hunger, the UK is hosting an event in the Autumn on tackling hunger and malnutrition.
Asked by: Earl of Dundee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help prevent malnutrition globally.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
FCDO is implementing our 2021 Nutrition for Growth commitment to spend at least £1.5 billion between 2022 and 2030 on addressing the nutrition needs of mothers, babies and children, tackling malnutrition in humanitarian emergencies, integrating nutrition into multiple sectors including health, climate and economic development partnerships and making sure nutrition is central to the FCDO's wider work.
The UK encourages governments in countries with a high burden of malnutrition to allocate additional public resources in order to meet the 2025 World Health Assembly and 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets.
FCDO has ongoing discussions with G7 partners as well as multilateral agencies, including the World Food Programme and UNICEF through the Scaling Up Nutrition movement. In addition, Andrew Mitchell, Minister for Development and Africa, co-chairs the Action Review Panel (ARP) on child wasting alongside the United States and UNICEF. The ARP coordinates collective action on reducing severe acute malnutrition.
To move the dial on world hunger, the UK is hosting an event in the Autumn on tackling hunger and malnutrition.
Asked by: Earl of Dundee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they intend to allocate towards reducing world malnutrition.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
FCDO is implementing our 2021 Nutrition for Growth commitment to spend at least £1.5 billion between 2022 and 2030 on addressing the nutrition needs of mothers, babies and children, tackling malnutrition in humanitarian emergencies, integrating nutrition into multiple sectors including health, climate and economic development partnerships and making sure nutrition is central to the FCDO's wider work.
The UK encourages governments in countries with a high burden of malnutrition to allocate additional public resources in order to meet the 2025 World Health Assembly and 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets.
FCDO has ongoing discussions with G7 partners as well as multilateral agencies, including the World Food Programme and UNICEF through the Scaling Up Nutrition movement. In addition, Andrew Mitchell, Minister for Development and Africa, co-chairs the Action Review Panel (ARP) on child wasting alongside the United States and UNICEF. The ARP coordinates collective action on reducing severe acute malnutrition.
To move the dial on world hunger, the UK is hosting an event in the Autumn on tackling hunger and malnutrition.
Asked by: Earl of Dundee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take, together with other countries, to provide more paramedics to Ukraine, given the current short supply in that country.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK has provided £300,000 to the British NGO UK-Med, who specialise in the provision of medical services and training. As a result of our support, UK-Med has trained a total of 1363 participants (civilian, pre-hospital, clinical and non-clinical staff and surgeons) across Ukraine in advanced trauma and psychological first aid. The UK has also provided 11 million medical items to assist the health services of Ukraine, including wound care packs and medicine for pain management. We coordinate our support in regular dialogue with other countries and the UN.
Asked by: Earl of Dundee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take, together with other countries, to increase the amount of armoured ambulances available to Ukraine, given the current danger faced by hospitals in that country.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
In response to the Government of Ukraine's requests for assistance, the UK has provided 96 non-armoured ambulances (20 NHS and 76 new). The ambulances selected are in line with the priorities and specifications set out by Ukraine's Ministry of Health in their dialogue with officials in the FCDO.
Asked by: Earl of Dundee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take, together with other countries, to assist Ukrainian (1) civilians, and (2) soldiers, suffering from trauma and stress.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We are working with the Ukrainian Armed Forces and our international partners and allies to best understand how we can support Ukraine's needs as part of international efforts. Mental health experts from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) have offered advice and support to Ukrainian colleagues on ways to further develop their mental health services.
To support civilians suffering from trauma and stress, the UK has funded the British NGO UK-Med (£300,000) to train 1363 first responders in advanced trauma and psychological first aid. Our funding to UNICEF (£15 million) is supporting them to provide specialist trauma and gender-based violence services.
Asked by: Earl of Dundee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage the government of Brazil to avoid the destruction of the Amazon forest.
Answered by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
The UK is concerned about deforestation in the Amazon, which is having a detrimental impact on global climate and environmental conservation goals. The Government monitors trends of forest loss across the Amazon region, including Brazil, to inform our efforts.
We have a long-established partnership with Brazil which aims to: 1) improve the capacity of governments to reduce deforestation; ii) incentivise forest protection through results-based payments that are re-invested to protect forests, and boost livelihoods; iii) enable business and communities to grow rural economies sustainable whilst protecting forests.
The UK welcomes the commitment made by President Lula on his recent inauguration to end deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon under his mandate. We stand ready to work closely with the incoming administration in Brazil to achieve this, which the Prime Minister has discussed with President Lula.
At COP26, international donors including the UK announced support of $12 billion to assist forest nations to halt and reverse forest loss by 2030. This included a UK commitment of £300 million to support efforts in the Amazon region. The UK continues to support work with indigenous communities across Brazil, who are central to forest conservation efforts, including through the launch of the Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Forest Tenure Pledge which aims to help indigenous people secure their land rights.
Asked by: Earl of Dundee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage the government of Brazil to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
Answered by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
The UK regularly engages with the Brazilian government, civil society and other partners to talk about and monitor human rights developments and respect for the rule of law in Brazil. This engagement is at official and ministerial levels, including recently by the Foreign Secretary. Ahead of Brazil's Universal Periodic Review in November, the UK asked how Brazil intends to strengthen protections of human rights including of environmental and human rights defenders, as well as women at risk of trafficking and the LGBT+ community. We will continue to raise these issues with the incoming government of President-elect Lula da Silva.