Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 84011
Gaza: Agriculture
Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025
Question
Helen Maguire
Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential of agricultural land in Gaza to grow adequate quantities of food to support the population.
Answer
Mr Hamish FalconerThe UK is deeply concerned by the collapse of Gaza's agricultural sector and the impact the destruction has had on food security. Recent assessments by the UN indicate that 86 per cent of cropland in Northern Gaza has been damaged. In response, we have sc...
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