Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential long-term impact of damage to (a) farmland, (b) machinery and (c) livestock in Ukraine on food production in that country.

Russia's illegal and brutal invasion is destroying Ukraine's farms and infrastructure, with potentially long-term consequences. Russian bombing continues to ruin crops and damage railways and prevents Ukrainian grain from getting onto world food markets, contributing to global food insecurity. The UK is supporting Ukraine to mitigate the impacts of Russia's actions and help ensure it can export its grain. We have provided £10m for equipment to move grain by rail to neighbouring countries. We have also supported the Black Sea Grain Initiative, under which over 7 million tonnes of grain have been exported from Ukrainian Black Sea ports.