HC Deb 28 October 1996 vol 284 c19W
Mr. Wareing

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals Her Majesty's Government intend to place before the UN world hunger conference to be held in Rome in November; and if he will make a statement. [483]

Dr. Liam Fox

The Government's principal objective for the world food summit is to work for international consensus on the action needed to reduce hunger and malnutrition in the world. To help achieve this objective, we propose to present to the summit a paper on policy towards food security. In preparing this paper, we have consulted extensively among interested groups in the United Kingdom.