Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to publish a comprehensive strategy on how to address global food insecurity.

The FCDO has a comprehensive action plan to address food insecurity, which was set out in the response to the International Development Committee's recent report on the hunger crisis. The main elements of the action plan are:

Continuing to get the grain out of Ukraine to help stabilise prices.

Prioritising our humanitarian resources to the most vulnerable in the countries at greatest risk of famine.

Securing a coordinated international response, working closely with our international partners, including through the G7 and G20.

Supporting fertiliser availability to avoid a food availability crisis in 2023.

Being clear that UK sanctions against Russia have never targeted exports of food or fertiliser.

Influencing the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to substantially frontload resources and take action to support the most vulnerable counties

Expanding disaster risk finance and insurance cover to help protect against future drought in African countries.

Lobbying key countries to lift trade restrictions and encouraging others not to impose restrictions and if they do, to do so transparently and inform World Trade Organisation.

Mobilising investments in food and agriculture productivity and resilience, including through high-impact research and innovation, and Influencing climate resilient and sustainable production policies.