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Zimbabwe

I should declare an interest, as my nephew is a Zimbabwean who has been evicted from farmland. The hon. Gentleman mentioned the change in process that led to the collapse in productive capacity. One of the biggest underlying problems it is that, because the process does not give legal title to the new owners and the transfer has no proper legal underpinning, the new owners have no means of investing in the farms. We therefore need to bring back legal stability and a proper legal process to land ownership in countries such as Zimbabwe, to enable investment for the future so that productive capacity can be restored.