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Baroness Watkins of Tavistock (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 December 2025

Debate

Free School Meals

Contribution

Can the Minister explain further why the allocation is less in England than in Wales and Scotland, particularly the allowance for adolescents aged 14 to 18? There is clear evidence that secondary schools are supporting meals out of teaching budgets. If the numbers who are entitled increases, which I welcome, that subsidy will have to increase.

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