MPs debate food security and famine prevention
16 September 2011 (updated on 16 September 2011)
Amber Rudd, Conservative MP for Hastings and Rye, moved a Backbench Business debate in the House of Commons on Thursday 15 September on food security and famine prevention in Africa.
Watch and read the debate and the views expressed by MPs on Parliament TV and in Commons Hansard. Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell, responded to the debate on behalf of the Government.
- Parliament TV: Food security and famine prevention in Africa
- Commons Hansard: Food secruity and famine prevention in Africa
- Topics: Africa
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