Member

Amendment 502X, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, but introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, seeks to prescribe teaching hours to promote people’s knowledge of food growing and preparation. As the noble Baroness emphasised, cooking, the broader preparation of food and understanding where our food comes from are important life skills that teach children how to feed themselves and others healthy and affordable food. However, there is no reason to dictate teaching hours for them and not for other important subjects. Doing so would limit schools’ flexibility to organise a curriculum to meet the needs of their pupils.