§ The Earl of Sandwichasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will seek to persuade the European Union that programme food aid is no longer an effective instrument of non-emergency aid, following the recent joint EU evaluation published by the Overseas Development Institute.
§ Baroness Chalker of Wallasey:The Government share the analysis in the ODI evaluation and note the specific finding that programme food aid currently represents a declining share of EU food aid. We will continue to encourage that trend.