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Westminster Hall
Free School Meals: Children with SEND - Wed 10 Jan 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool, West Derby) That could take, for example, the form of a voucher. - Speech Link
2: Zarah Sultana (Lab - Coventry South) I have long been an advocate for free school meals for all. - Speech Link
3: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab - City of Durham) Free breakfast clubs and universal free school meals were at the heart of that. - Speech Link
4: Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) with a state-funded school and meet the eligibility criteria for free school meals. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Growth - Tue 14 Nov 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) school meals and provided free bus travel. - Speech Link
2: Mike Kane (Lab - Wythenshawe and Sale East) In my constituency, we have oven-ready schemes that would help achieve our ambition—schemes would unlock - Speech Link
3: Emma Lewell-Buck (Lab - South Shields) First, we had the chaotic voucher scheme. - Speech Link
4: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) One in four people in Wales are eating smaller meals or skipping meals altogether. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Early Years Childcare - Mon 16 Oct 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Robin Walker (CON - Worcester) of the commitment being made and also many of its ongoing concerns about the complexity of the many schemes - Speech Link
2: Siobhan Baillie (CON - Stroud) we focused on families and talked about reducing complexity, as there are currently eight childcare schemes - Speech Link
3: Danny Kruger (CON - Devizes) For three and four-year-olds, there could be a voucher system, redeemable at any registered institution - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) leaves work, collects her children from the childminders, helps them with their homework, prepares their meals - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Cost of Living: Healthy Start Scheme - Tue 23 May 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) In Northern Ireland, eligibility for free school meals does not start until primary 1, the equivalent - Speech Link
2: Neil O'Brien (CON - Harborough) school meals and further education free meals. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Western (LAB - Stretford and Urmston) and in receipt of free school meals. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Childcare and Early Years - Wed 08 Mar 2023
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Robin Walker (CON - Worcester) concerning statistics about the underspend in both the Department for Work and Pensions and the Treasury schemes - Speech Link
2: Munira Wilson (LDEM - Twickenham) Before the pandemic, children in reception on free school meals were, on average, 4.6 months behind their - Speech Link
3: Siobhan Baillie (CON - Stroud) right to say that we should use that money a little differently and consider the schemes.We have eight schemes - Speech Link
4: David Simmonds (CON - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) There is also the voucher scheme and tax-free childcare, on which I declare an interest as I am personally - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 27 Feb 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Gillian Keegan (CON - Chichester) As I said, all children have access to free NHS sight tests, and voucher schemes are in place for glasses - Speech Link
2: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) The Scottish Government have committed to free school meals for all primary school children. - Speech Link
3: Nick Gibb (CON - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) We have increased from 1.7 million to 1.9 million the number of children eligible for free school meals - Speech Link
4: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) school meals for all primary school children in Scotland. - Speech Link
5: Nick Gibb (CON - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) As I said earlier, the Government have extended free school meals to more children than any other Government - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 26 Jan 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Julia Lopez (CON - Hornchurch and Upminster) More procurements are in the pipeline and we have also upped our voucher scheme so that more premises - Speech Link
2: Julia Lopez (CON - Hornchurch and Upminster) In particular, she highlights challenges with the voucher scheme. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Bridgen (IND - North West Leicestershire) Does the Minister agree that, apart from the obvious health and wellbeing benefits, these schemes help - Speech Link
4: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) conurbation, which has more than 23,000 people, with no further education provision, high levels of free - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Energy Costs in Wales - Tue 11 Oct 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Anna McMorrin (LAB - Cardiff North) for fuel vouchers, a heat fund to support those on prepayment meters, and the roll-out of universal free - Speech Link
2: Anna McMorrin (LAB - Cardiff North) struggling to heat their home can go to the local hub or library, to be greeted with a warm welcome and a free - Speech Link
3: Ben Lake (PC - Ceredigion) They have suggested that the Government could introduce a voucher for 1,000 litres of heating oil or - Speech Link
4: Alan Whitehead (LAB - Southampton, Test) All those issues would be resolved because the power would be UK-based and essentially free—once the - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Healthy Start Scheme - Wed 07 Sep 2022
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Kate Green (LAB - Stretford and Urmston) and may become eligible for free school meals. - Speech Link
2: Maggie Throup (CON - Erewash) Healthy Start vitamins.Our commitment to the Healthy Start scheme is demonstrated in both the voucher - Speech Link
3: Maggie Throup (CON - Erewash) scheme with regard to the onus threshold or the qualifying age range but, as I said, we always keep such schemes - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Tackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living Increases - Tue 17 May 2022
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Caroline Lucas (GRN - Brighton, Pavilion) The revenue would contribute to free home insulation for those who need it, free public transport and - Speech Link
2: Kate Hollern (LAB - Blackburn) She does not cook and instead receives meals on wheels. - Speech Link
3: Ellie Reeves (LAB - Lewisham West and Penge) uniform for her son’s new school left her without any money for food. - Speech Link
4: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) There is no benefit uplift, no subsided electricity or gas payments, and not even a food voucher for - Speech Link