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
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Found: 420 food banks providing a minimum of three days’ worth of nutritionally-balanced emergency food and
2. Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment
02/02/2020 - Inquiry: Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment - Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee
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Found: British Academy and Leverhulme Foundation: ‘Emergency Food Provision in the UK’, grant number: SG131950
Summary
3. Bangor University - written evidence
05/12/2018 - Inquiry: Welfare safety net - Work and Pensions Committee
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Found: Bangor University (WSN0004) The acknowledge rise of food insecurity is understood to be associated with the
4. Highways England weighs in with one tonne donation for food banks
14/08/2019 - Highways England
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Found: England weighs in with one tonne donation for food banks - GOV.UK
document
5. The Trussell Trust - written evidence
09/01/2019 - Inquiry: Welfare safety net - Work and Pensions Committee
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Found: 420 food banks providing a minimum of three days’ worth of nutritionally-balanced emergency food and
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. Support for Children Entitled to Free School Meals
26/05/2021 - Westminster Hall
1: Trust has said that over 50% of those using its food banks had never used one before this year, so we are - Speech Link
2: school holiday hunger, and I hope that the national food strategy will focus the minds of Minsters on that - Speech Link
3: Trust has reported that almost 1 million emergency food parcels were given to children in the last year - Speech Link
5. Child Poverty: Leicester
01/10/2019 - Westminster Hall
1: roof over people’s heads, clothes on their backs, food on the table, and the gas and electricity on. The - Speech Link
asked by: Baroness Lister of Burtersett
10/11/2020
... commissioned in August 2018. 2. Food Banks
asked by: Jon Trickett
03/12/2020
... how many food banks there were in (a) March 2020 and (b) November 2020. 3. Food Banks
asked by: Rachael Maskell
08/07/2020
... what discussions he has had with representatives of supermarkets on increasing the number of food bank collection points. 4. Food Banks
asked by: Rachael Maskell
08/07/2020
... what steps he has taken to encourage more (a) food producers and (b) supermarkets to increase levels of donations to (i) food banks and (ii) other food poverty alleviation schemes. 5. Food Banks
asked by: Layla Moran
02/07/2020
... when a Minister from her Department last visited a food bank on an official visit.
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Neil Coyle
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Joined: 27th January 2021Assistive Technology , Homelessness , Learning Disability , Migration , Nuclear Energy , Relocation , Taxis , University of Hull , Wine and Spirits
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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
Former APPG Officers
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Cheryl Gillan
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 27th January 2021Departed: 10th March 2021