Schools: Nutrition

Debate between Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells and Lord Lawson of Blaby

Wednesday 13th June 2012 Lords Chamber

[Lord Lawson of Blaby]

My Lords—

[The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells]

My Lords, yesterday I visited one of our schools, which is hoping to become an academy. It has reinstated its kitchen, providing excellent food not only for the school but for those in the locality. I was also involved in a discussion yesterday about the increasing number of young people whose family food is being taken from food banks around our country today. Does the Minister agree that the priority is to ensure that all school food provides adequate nutritional standards in the light of the fact that too many of our most vulnerable people are experiencing a need to get food from food banks in the 21st century?