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Child Poverty Bill

Proceeding contribution from Helen Goodman (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 22 March 2010. It occurred during Debate on bills on Child Poverty Bill.
If I could return to that point, I should be able to give the hon. Gentleman a fuller response. Hon. Members will have noticed that the proposed new clause is headed "Free school lunches and milk", and they may like to know that this year is the 39th anniversary of Mrs. Thatcher snatching the milk, so I feel particularly privileged to be here tonight moving an amendment that would put that strategy into reverse. The hon. Gentleman asked why we are rolling out the process only to 50 per cent. of primary pupils in September. The reason is that some schools may need to increase their kitchen and catering capacity, and it also reflects the funding that is available: £85 million has been made available to support the roll-out from September, and further resources will be available from 2011. I accept that I have not fully responded to the hon. Gentleman, and I shall endeavour to return to that point.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
508 c93 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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