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Debate between Alison Seabeck and David Laws
Monday 1st December 2014

(9 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Laws Portrait Mr Laws
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I will certainly look further at this issue and at the particular schools my hon. Friend mentions. He will know that we have recently allocated a further £25 million for school kitchen and dining room improvement to allow us to tackle the neglect of school kitchens and dining halls, which has gone on for too long. I will look very closely at the bids he mentions.

Alison Seabeck Portrait Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View) (Lab)
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Will the Minister, for the benefit of the House, enlighten us as to which independent statistics he prayed in aid in his answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral South (Alison McGovern)? My hon. Friend was using statistics from November this year produced by the Office for National Statistics’ annual earnings survey.