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Mr. Tony Lloyd
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of those countries where he estimates there will be food shortages this year.
Mr. Chris Patten
The latest reports by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations list 11 countries facing abnormal food shortages: Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Sudan, Bangladesh, Kampuchea, Lebanon and Vietnam.