To bring together parliamentarians from all parties with an interest in and commitment to ending the need for food banks; discussing the solutions that are needed; making recommendations to the relevant government departments that are key to ending the need for food banks.
1. Trussell Trust - written evidence
03/07/2019 - Inquiry: School holiday poverty - Work and Pensions Committee
- View source
Found: 420 food banks providing a minimum of three days’ worth of nutritionally-balanced emergency food and
2. Bangor University - written evidence
05/12/2018 - Inquiry: Welfare safety net - Work and Pensions Committee
- View source
Found: Bangor University (WSN0004) The acknowledge rise of food insecurity is understood to be associated with the
3. Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment
02/02/2020 - Inquiry: Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment - Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee
- View source
Found: British Academy and Leverhulme Foundation: ‘Emergency Food Provision in the UK’, grant number: SG131950
Summary
4. Food Banks
27/01/2021 - APPGs
Found: interest in and commitment to ending the need for food banks; discussing the solutions that are needed; making
5. stop the closure of food banks and shelters in lockdown
02/11/2020 - Petitions
Found: thurday, Novermber 5 th the government is closing food banks and shelters as they are listed as ‘non-essential’
1. Food Poverty: Scotland
07/05/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: to eat cold baked beans from a can in her local food bank. Hayley Squires’ powerful performance as Katie - Speech Link
2: because the wages have not matched the rises in food prices.International research has also found - Speech Link
2. Right to Food in Legislation
21/10/2020 - Westminster Hall
1: That this House has considered the right to food in legislation.I called this debate because - Speech Link
3. Inequality
03/10/2019 - Lords Chamber
1: years we have seen a huge rise in the number of food banks across the United Kingdom. The Trussell Trust’s - Speech Link
2: million children in food-insecure households. However, I accept his point about food banks. As he will know - Speech Link
3: universal credit. It also has one of the largest food banks in the United Kingdom. I have warmly welcomed - Speech Link
4. Poverty in Liverpool
24/10/2018 - Westminster Hall
1: children had to rely on the generosity of our city’s food banks, and in the same period Liverpool City Council - Speech Link
5. Food Poverty: Merseyside
16/01/2018 - Westminster Hall
1: beg to move,That this House has considered food poverty in Merseyside.It is a pleasure to - Speech Link
asked by: Stephanie Peacock
12/05/2020
... what comparative assessment her Department has made of the the level of emergency food parcels provided by food banks in the weeks of March 2020 with same period in 2019. 2. Food Banks
asked by: Mark Tami
24/07/2020
... whether each instance of Jobcentre Plus staff signposting claimants to local food banks is recorded on a claimant's case record. 3. Food Banks
asked by: Mark Tami
24/07/2020
... or (c) verbal communication; and whether any written communication provided is directly transferable at a food bank for food. 4. Food Banks
asked by: Emma Lewell-Buck
07/09/2020
... when she plans to publish her Department's evidence review on the drivers of food bank usage. 5. Food Banks
asked by: Chris Stephens
17/06/2020
... when she plans to place in the Library a copy of her Department's internal review of the drivers of food bank usage.
17 Current APPG Officers
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Neil Coyle
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Joined: 27th January 2021Assistive Technology , Homelessness , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Learning Disability , Mental Health , Migration , Nuclear Energy , Taxis , University of Hull , Wine and Spirits
Bingo , Britiish Offshore Oil and Gas Industry , Coastal Communities , County , East of England , Energy Costs , Fair Fuel for UK Motorists and UK Hauliers , Fire Safety and Rescue , Fisheries , Flood Prevention , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Holiday Parks and Campsites , Housing and Care for Older People , Housing and Social Mobility , Hydrogen , Intelligent Energy , Nuclear Energy , Packaging Manufacturing Industry , Park Homes , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Sixth Form Education , Speech and Language Difficulties , State Pension Inequality for Women , Town Centres , Universal Credit
Antibiotics , Deliberative Democracy , Golf , Scotch Whisky , Universal Credit , Veterans , Votes at 16 , Women and Work
Fire Safety and Rescue , Green Deal Misselling , Human Rights , Malawi , Mindfulness , Online and Home Electrical Safety , Road Freight and Logistics , Scottish Sport
Alternative Lending , Autism , Financial Education for Young People , Malawi , Post Offices , Steel and Metal Related Industries , Tibet , Unconscious Bias
'Left Behind' Neighbourhoods , Armed Forces Covenant , Art, Craft and Design in Education , Assistive Technology , Baby Loss , Basketball , Breast Cancer , British Jews , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Craft , Dance , Design and Innovation , Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties , Electric Vehicles , First Do No Harm , Food and Drink , Food and Health , Hormone Pregnancy Tests , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Motor , Music , Music Education , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , National Food Strategy , Ovarian Cancer , Performing Arts Education and Training , Premature and Sick Babies , School Food , Singapore , Sport , Surgical Mesh , Textiles and Fashion , Ticket Abuse , Tidy Britain , Trailer and Towing Safety , Valproate and other Anti-Epileptic Drugs in Pregnancy , Video Games and Esports , Wine and Spirits , Yemen
Adult Social Care , Britain-Pakistan Trade and Tourism , British Muslims , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Greater Manchester , Hajj and Umrah , Hate Crime , International Relations , Kashmir , Muslim Women , Oman , Pakistan , Poverty , Race and Community , Religion in the Media , Saudi Arabia , Terrorism , Unconscious Bias , Uyghurs , Yemen
Afghanistan , Fair Business Banking , Packaging Manufacturing Industry , Parental Participation in Education , Terminal Illness
Cheryl Gillan
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 27th January 2021Animal Welfare , Antibiotics , Autism , Bahá'í Faith , Cannabis: Harmful Effects on Developing Brains , Chalk Streams , Electric Vehicles , Environment , Epilepsy , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Gardening and Horticulture , Golf , Hong Kong , Muscular Dystrophy , Rare, Genetic and Undiagnosed Conditions , Sepsis , Skin , Space , Women in Parliament , Woods and Trees
Compassionate Politics , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Immigration Detention , Mindfulness , Poverty , Refugees , Rule of Law , Tennis , Universal Credit
Africa , Assistive Technology , Commonwealth , Disability , Hajj and Umrah , Inclusive Entrepreneurship , Indian Traditional Sciences , International Students , Islamic Finance , Population, Development and Reproductive Health , Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative , Religion in the Media , Sri Lanka , Textiles and Fashion , Tunisia , Uzbekistan , Women and Work
Contact Details
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Neil Coyle MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7232 4640.
Email: neil.coyle.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Graeme Smith, Office of Neil Coyle MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7650
Email: graeme.smith@parliament.uk
Secretariat:
The Trussell Trust acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.trusselltrust.org/
Benefits in Kind
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The Trussell Trust
Secretariat From : 14/12/2020 To : 13/12/2021
£12,001
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Food Banks APPG