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Free School Meals

Proceeding contribution from Neil Parish (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 21 October 2020. It occurred during Opposition day on Free School Meals.

I very much welcome the support being given to poorer families, but the Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs looked at covid and the food supply, and there is no doubt that it is hugely challenging for the poorest in society to get food at the moment. Does the Secretary of State accept that some of these families are very challenged, and that if we give them money, it does not necessarily get to food for children—[Interruption.] No, it does not. Therefore, I think school meal vouchers

are a good way of getting food out to those families that really need it, so will he re-look at meal vouchers for Christmas?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
682 c1135 
Session
2019-21
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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