Food Prices and Food Poverty Debate
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Jim Cunningham
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Food Prices and Food Poverty
Jim Cunningham Excerpts(12 years, 10 months ago)
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Mary Creagh
I agree. Charities such as the Salvation Army and HelpAge are seeing an explosion in demand as incomes fall, working hours are cut and prices rise.
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab)
I know that my hon. Friend, like me, comes from Coventry. Would she be surprised to learn that 35,000 children from Coventry and Warwickshire will now be on the poverty line, and does she think that that is an indictment of this Government’s failed policies? More importantly, many families are now struggling with electricity prices, heating bills and so on, which is feeding through—
Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo)
Order. Interventions must be brief, as we are in a short debate with time limits on speeches.