Schools: Resources Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Schools: Resources

Baroness Wheatcroft Excerpts
Wednesday 2nd November 2022

(2 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran (Con)
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We always make strenuous recommendations on that. Perhaps I was sensitive to the noble Lord’s phrase; I think he used the term “fight”. We are trying to work collaboratively to get to the best answer for the country.

Baroness Wheatcroft Portrait Baroness Wheatcroft (CB)
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My Lords, as we have seen in new figures produced today, the cost of basic foodstuffs has gone up by a massive amount. What are the Government doing to ensure that school meals are not losing some of their nutritional value for the children who need it so much?

Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran (Con)
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Again, the Government work closely with schools, but ultimately it is within schools’ own responsibilities to organise and fund their school meals from their core funding.