Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle global hunger and food inflation linked to the conflict in Ukraine.

We are working with the international community including our G7 and humanitarian partners to track the impact of food insecurity in the most affected countries, scale up efforts to prevent famine and enhance global production. This includes support for Ukrainian farmers to enable them to continue to produce food, and advocacy for the protection of food supplies to the World Food Programme against export barriers. The UK supports the Central Emergency Response Fund and welcomes the recent announcement to allocate $100 million to counter disruption to global food markets. The UK succeeded in securing agreement at the Spring Meetings last week that the World Bank Group would commit $50 billion over the next three months, which will include support to countries most vulnerable to food insecurity. The UK has also allocated £10 million to the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) for rapid agriculture investments in countries vulnerable to food insecurity.