Written questions

Developing Countries: Water Supply

Commons · Question 25246 · Tabled 21 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 29 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of protecting global water supplies in humanitarian and development settings.

Answer

Answered by Anneliese Dodds, 29 Jan 2025

The world is facing a growing water crisis exacerbated and accelerated by climate change. Decades of collective mismanagement and undervaluation of water have damaged our ecosystems and contaminated our water resources. We can no longer rely on having eno...