Member

Amendment 187B seeks to require an impact assessment on the breakfast club provision that already exists and lasts for longer than the 30 minutes that schools will provide for free. A number of schools already provide a paid breakfast club that lasts for longer—usually an hour. These paid breakfast clubs are essential for working parents, as was referred to by the noble Baroness, Lady Penn. It will become more complicated for schools to provide a longer breakfast club, and it raises logistical questions. Will there be 30 minutes of paid provision followed by 30 minutes that are free? Will there be two separate areas for the paid provision and the free provision? These are questions that need to be answered, and we hope that the Minister can provide clarity on this area—if not now, in an impact assessment.