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Holiday Hunger Schemes

Debate on Tuesday, 6 November 2018, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent. The answering members were Nadhim Zahawi and Mike Kane.
Motion that this House has considered holiday hunger schemes. Agreed to on question.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
648 cc491-507WH 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Holiday hunger schemes
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
Research briefings
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent | 648 cc492-3WH (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House has considered holiday hunger schemes.

It is a great p...

Barry Sheerman | 648 c493WH (Link to this contribution)

This is a very good debate. I do not want to stray from the main issue. In my constituency, there...


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Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent | 648 cc493-4WH (Link to this contribution)

I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. We are, at the moment, in the hands of those people w...

Barry Sheerman | 648 c494WH (Link to this contribution)

As soon as my hon. Friend mentioned the word “data” I was reminded of the encouraging statement t...

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent | 648 cc494-5WH (Link to this contribution)

In fact, the Government of Canada have done research to demonstrate the cost of poor nutrition to...

Kerry McCarthy | 648 c495WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend has been doing brilliant work. We had a pilot scheme in Bristol, and what I found ...

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent | 648 c495WH (Link to this contribution)

I could not agree more. One thing that we must look at is how people cook—there could be cooking ...

Barry Sheerman | 648 c495WH (Link to this contribution)

Many Members have just come back from the church service to commemorate 100 years since the cessa...

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent | 648 cc495-7WH (Link to this contribution)

That is a fascinating point. There have been more than 100 years of free school meals. One of the...

Carolyn Harris | 648 cc497-8WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I congratulate my hon. Friend the...

Barry Sheerman | 648 c498WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend will know that, in a previous incarnation, I was a Welsh politician at local counc...

Graham Stringer | 648 c498WH (Link to this contribution)

Order. I remind hon. Members, particularly hon. Members of long standing, to use parliamentary la...

Carolyn Harris | 648 c498WH (Link to this contribution)

The DVLA is in my constituency and I have yet to target its generosity on this matter, but my hon...

Carolyn Harris | 648 cc498-9WH (Link to this contribution)

I apologise, Mr Stringer.

We have had help from organisations such as Bidfood, which is a h...

Alison Thewliss | 648 cc499-500WH (Link to this contribution)

I commend the hon. Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris) on the absolutely amazing work she is...

Kerry McCarthy | 648 c500WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady is right to say that this is a cross-departmental issue. The other day, the Environ...

Alison Thewliss | 648 cc500-1WH (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely agree. If no Minister is responsible for it, it is easy to pass the buck, ignore it ...

Chris Stephens | 648 cc501-2WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. Member for Stoke...

Barry Sheerman | 648 c502WH (Link to this contribution)

Does the hon. Gentleman think there is a lack of comprehension of what goes on for constituents s...

Chris Stephens | 648 cc502-3WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman was referred to earlier as a veteran of Parliament. When I arrived here in 201...

Mike Kane | 648 cc503-4WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a genuine pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer, as it was to serve under ...

Alison Thewliss | 648 c504WH (Link to this contribution)

Does the hon. Gentleman not appreciate that the Scottish Government have a fixed budget, a lot of...

Mike Kane | 648 c504WH (Link to this contribution)

I did not realise that we had any Liberal Democrats in the room. That is the old cry of, “This is...

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent | 648 c504WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is making an incredibly powerful speech. There are opportunities in places with Fo...

Mike Kane | 648 c505WH (Link to this contribution)

We will certainly look at that. I think that Mr Stringer and I would say that we are excellently ...

Mike Kane | 648 c505WH (Link to this contribution)

We had it about four hours in advance of the debate. That is not good enough by any stretch of th...

Nadhim Zahawi | 648 cc505-510WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I congratulate the hon. Member

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent | 648 c507WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank everyone for their participation today. I am in awe, as ever, of my hon. Friend the Membe...

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