School Milk

Debate between Lord Nash and Baroness Masham of Ilton

Wednesday 25th January 2017 Lords Chamber

[Lord Nash]

I am afraid I do not know the answer to that question. I will investigate it and write to my noble friend.

[Baroness Masham of Ilton (CB)]

My Lords, will the Minister say whether there are any systems in schools so that children who are deprived and come to school without breakfast get the milk they need?

[Lord Nash]

I entirely agree with the noble Baroness and I am very shocked to see how many pupils often arrive at school having not eaten. Some even do not necessarily use their dinner money to eat in school. All schools try to discourage this and try to get them to eat in school, but there are an increasing number of breakfast programmes, such as the Magic Breakfast, and we have announced in the Budget that we are providing further money to enable schools to provide breakfast clubs.

Schools: Food Nutrition Standards

Debate between Lord Nash and Baroness Masham of Ilton

Thursday 11th February 2016 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Masham of Ilton (CB)]

My Lords, is the Minister aware that many children come to school without having had breakfast? What is the provision of school milk? Some children are even getting rickets.

[Lord Nash]

The noble Baroness raises an extremely good point. It is deeply concerning that many children seem to come to school not having eaten properly, which cannot help their concentration in school. We have funded a Magic Breakfast programme which has resulted in nearly 200 new schools in disadvantaged areas offering breakfast clubs. It is focused on areas where free school meals are 35% or more in the schools. The programme has been very successful and we are looking at it further.

Children and Families Bill

Debate between Lord Nash and Baroness Masham of Ilton

Tuesday 28th January 2014 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Masham of Ilton (CB)]

My Lords, I support this amendment and I thought I would say that to give the Minister time.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools (Lord Nash) (Con)]

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness. The answer to the noble Countess’s question is that it will be. After Report, we plan to put it into Third Reading. I am very happy for her to discuss that further with officials so that we are satisfied on that point.