Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Bill Debate
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Kim Johnson
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Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Bill
Kim Johnson ExcerptsFriday 13th March 2020
(4 years, 9 months ago)
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Kim Johnson (Liverpool, Riverside) (Lab)
I congratulate my good friend, my hon. Friend the Member for Weaver Vale (Mike Amesbury), on his Bill. As we all know on the Opposition Benches, 10 years of austerity have had a major impact on the most vulnerable and plunged many into precarious financial positions. Liverpool, Riverside has some of the most deprived wards in the country, and many parents do not have the money to feed their kids, particularly during the summer holidays, never mind being able to find hundreds of pounds for branded uniforms. If this Government are serious about levelling up, they need to get this Bill done.