United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 82258
Food Insecurity: Coronavirus
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28 August 2020
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18 September 2020 · Answer
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18 September 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on levels of hunger throughout the world; and what steps he is taking to prevent levels of hunger from incr
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28 August 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on levels of hunger throughout the world; and what steps he is taking to prevent levels of hunger from incr
Source: Commons
18 September 2020
Answer
Food security has been deteriorating in many countries since 2015, due to conflict, climate change, shocks such as locusts, and economic slowdowns. COVID-19 is making this much worse and may also drive new hunger hotspots.The Foreign, Commonwealth and Dev...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-08-28/82258
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1229309
- uk · wq-1229309 · source updated 18 September 2020