51546
2017-19
1076
The Introduction Of Free School Meals By North Lanarkshire Council
Hugh Gaffney
2018-03-14
That this House pays tribute to North Lanarkshire Council and its Labour Party leadership for its decision to provide free school meals to children in need 365 days a year, recognises and welcomes that this decision will be the first of its kind across the four nations that make up our United Kingdom; gravely acknowledges the fact that almost three quarters of teachers note that malnourishment negatively affects a child's ability to learn; understands that the Government's welfare and social security policies have exacerbated the difficulties faced by low-income families on a daily basis; calls upon other local authorities across the UK to follow the example set by North Lanarkshire Council and ask the Government to consider the introduction of such a scheme across each local authority in all four of our country's nations; and rededicates itself to ensuring that no children in Scotland or across the UK are forced to attend school malnourished and miss out on the chance to achieve their full potential.
Food
Incomes and poverty
Local government
Schools
Hugh Gaffney
2018-03-14
Proposed
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Labour
Martin Whitfield
2018-03-14
Seconded
East Lothian
Labour
Catherine West
2018-03-14
Seconded
Hornsey and Wood Green
Labour
Faisal Rashid
2018-03-14
Seconded
Warrington South
Labour
Grahame Morris
2018-03-14
Seconded
Easington
Labour
Ian Mearns
2018-03-14
Seconded
Gateshead
Labour
Angela Eagle
2018-03-14
Signed
Wallasey
Labour
Harriet Harman
2018-03-14
Signed
Camberwell and Peckham
Labour
Margaret Hodge
2018-03-14
Signed
Barking
Labour
Tonia Antoniazzi
2018-03-14
Signed
Gower
Labour
Mike Hill
2018-03-14
Signed
Hartlepool
Labour
Mary Glindon
2018-03-15
Signed
North Tyneside
Labour
Stephen Twigg
2018-03-19
Signed
Liverpool, West Derby
Labour
Matt Western
2018-03-20
Signed
Warwick and Leamington
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2018-03-21
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Ronnie Campbell
2018-03-21
Signed
Blyth Valley
Labour
Sandy Martin
2018-03-22
Signed
Ipswich
Labour
Ruth Smeeth
2018-03-26
Signed
Stoke-on-Trent North
Labour
Roger Godsiff
2018-03-26
Signed
Birmingham, Hall Green
Labour