Gaza: Malnutrition
Lords · Question HL2883 · Tabled 1 Sep 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 15 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Lord Leigh of Hurley
To ask His Majesty's Government, in light of the statement published by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 23 July about the UN Integrated Food Security Phase Classification snapshot for Gaza, what assessment they have made of the levels
Answer
Answered by Lord Wood of Anfield, 15 Sep 2026
Improvements in acute malnutrition among children under five in Gaza demonstrate what is possible during a ceasefire, allowing the scale up of the emergency nutrition response. However, 59 per cent of the population still face crisis levels of food insecu...