Free School Meals

EDM number 1249 in 2007-08, proposed by Brian Iddon on 20/03/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Food, Incomes and poverty and Schools.

That this House notes the study carried out by the Child Poverty Action Group in 2000-01 on school meals, which reported the stigmatisation of families and their children through receipt of free school meals; further notes that this study also reported that by extending entitlement to free school meals the disposable income of the poorest families could rise by up to £27 a week; and congratulates Bolton Council on its announcement of the introduction of free school meals to all starters at primary school in the first term from September 2008, with the hope that this can be extended to the full school year later.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Brian Iddon	20/03/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Proposed
Mike Hancock	25/03/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Drew	25/03/2008	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	25/03/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	25/03/2008	Castle Point	Independent Conservative	Seconded
Mark Durkan	25/03/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Linda Riordan	25/03/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	25/03/2008	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	25/03/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	25/03/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	25/03/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	25/03/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	25/03/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Phil Willis	26/03/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	26/03/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	26/03/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	26/03/2008	Easington	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	26/03/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	26/03/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	26/03/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	26/03/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	26/03/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	26/03/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	26/03/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	26/03/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/03/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	27/03/2008	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	31/03/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	31/03/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	31/03/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	01/04/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
John Leech	01/04/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	02/04/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	02/04/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	02/04/2008	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	03/04/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	03/04/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	21/04/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	21/04/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	21/04/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/04/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	29/04/2008	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	29/04/2008	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	14/05/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	13/06/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	Unknown			Withdrawn

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