Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effectiveness of the policies agreed at the G7 Summit in June 2021 in tackling global poverty.

Outcomes from the G7 Summit and G7 Ministerial meetings reflect the UK's commitment to using our G7 Presidency to tackle global poverty. The G7 has agreed to share at least 870 million vaccine doses over the next year, taking its total commitment to one billion doses since our first UK Presidency meeting. On girls' education and opportunities for women, the G7 agreed two ambitious global targets: 40 million more girls in school, and 20 million more girls reading by age 10 or the end of primary school, in low and lower middle-income countries, by 2026. The G7 committed at least $2.75 billion funding over the next 5 years for the Global Partnership for Education, and a $15 billion investment target to improve economic opportunities for women in developing countries. To help vulnerable countries adapt to the impact of climate change, G7 Leaders committed to provide new financing for early action, disaster risk and insurance. The G7 has also agreed a Famine Prevention Compact, helping protect over 34 million people at imminent risk and committing $7 billion - the largest collective contribution to the humanitarian system this year.