Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Ben Spencer and Wendy Morton

Wednesday 29th April 2020 Commons Chamber

[Wendy Morton]

This is an important point. We know that for every percentage point contraction in global GDP from covid-19 we would expect to see as a result, sadly, up to an additional 4 million stunted children, and acute malnutrition is likely to increase. Between 2015 and March 2019, DFID reached 50.6 million women, adolescent girls and young children with nutrition services in 25 countries, and this includes life-saving treatment for acute malnutrition.

[Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge) (Con)]

What steps her Department is taking to support the global supply chains of UK businesses.