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Food Supply

Commons · Question 26340 · Tabled 1 Sep 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by James MacCleary

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the risk of simultaneous production collapse across two or more global breadbasket regions.

Answer

Answered by Kirsty McNeill, 8 Sep 2026

The Government closely monitors risks to UK and global food security, including the possibility of simultaneous shocks affecting major food-producing regions. The National Security Assessment on Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse and National Se...