Early Day Motions

CHILDREN IN POVERTY AND FREE SCHOOL MEALS

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1191: tabled on 14 March 2013

Tabled in the 2012-13 session.

This motion has been signed by 15 Members. It has received 1 amendment.

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Motion text

That this House is shocked by the statistic that around 700,000 school-age children living in poverty are not receiving free school meals; congratulates the Children's Society for revealing this shameful state of affairs; notes that many working parents below the poverty line are discriminated against by being denied this crucial health benefit for their children because they are employed; further notes that a single parent working for 16 hours a week and a couple working 24 hours, both on working tax credit, cannot qualify, however poor they may be; and calls on the Government to ensure that all school-age children living in poverty receive free school meals whether or not their parents have jobs.

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CHILDREN IN POVERTY AND FREE SCHOOL MEALS (Amendment 1)
at end add 'and therefore commends Islington Borough Council for continuing to provide free school meals for all primary school children; and hopes that other councils will follow this successful example.'
Jeremy Corbyn
Labour, Islington North
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EDM 1191A1: tabled on 19 March 2013