The hon. Lady is making a passionate and thought-through speech. Does she agree that the holiday periods are always a difficulty—whether or not there is a pandemic—for those children from families on free school meals? They always need that support, and that should be something we are doing irrespective of the pandemic. In my constituency, 40% of the entire workforce are on furlough. The cliff edge is coming in a few days’ time, when the number of people desperate for support will increase massively. Is it not therefore right that we take action today?
Free School Meals
Proceeding contribution from
Tim Farron
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 21 October 2020.
It occurred during Opposition day on Free School Meals.
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