Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Caroline Nokes and Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

Wednesday 2nd October 2019 Commons Chamber

[Zac Goldsmith]

As we heard from the Secretary of State in his first answer, we have committed serious sums of money to enabling smallholders around the world to adapt to climate change. We have also launched an initiative at the UN called the Just Rural Transition, which is about shifting the way subsidies are spent around the world on land use, away from unsustainable use towards sustainable use, just as we are doing in this country. The OECD tells us that the 50 top food-producing nations spend €700 billion a year subsidising land use, on the whole very badly. If we can shift even a fraction of that, it will have a much bigger impact than all the world’s aid departments put together.

[Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North) (Ind)]

5. What steps his Department is taking to support women in developing countries in (a) business and (b) further education after they have finished school.