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India: Cereals Export Ban

Debate between Lord Bellingham and Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
Thursday 19th May 2022

(2 years, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Portrait Lord Grimstone of Boscobel (Con)
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That is an important point, and I will write to the noble Lord giving some background on it.

Lord Bellingham Portrait Lord Bellingham (Con)
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Given this catastrophic situation of world food shortages, surely it is imperative that Russia is made to lift its vindictive and highly dangerous embargo of the port of Odessa. What can HMG and their colleagues in the EU and NATO do about this?

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Portrait Lord Grimstone of Boscobel (Con)
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My Lords, we had a good debate on these matters yesterday in the debate on the gracious Speech. We are all working very hard on this. However, noble Lords will appreciate that the scope for direct action on this is limited.

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