Hunger in East Africa

Early day motion 912, tabled 28 February 2023 by Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 27 members.

That this House is deeply concerned about the acute hunger crisis in the East Africa region; notes that despite 36.4 million people in the Horn of Africa region suffering with hunger, the Government has cut humanitarian aid to less than a fifth of what it was in the financial year of 2017-2018 in the region; condemns the Government’s decision to abandon the 0.7 per cent target for international development spending; calls on the Government to urgently reinstate the 0.7 per cent target, and to correspondingly increase vital support to people in the regions; and resolves to continue to hold the Government to account on its broken promise on international development spending.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 6, Labour 5, Liberal Democrat 5, Plaid Cymru 3, Alba 2, Independent 2, Alliance 1, DUP 1, Green 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.