Child Hunger in Schools
Debate between Lord True and Lord Storey
Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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The Lord Privy Seal (Lord True) (Con)
If I may, I will point out that we have heard only once from the Liberal Democrat Benches; others have been heard twice.
Lord Storey (LD)
My Lords, of course no child should go starving. Would the Minister not consider extending the coalition’s policy of giving free school meals to all key stage 1 children to key stage 2, and at secondary school—key stage 3—ensure that every pupil whose parents are on universal credit gets a free school meal?