FOOD POVERTY

Motion Text

That this House views with grave concern the massive increase in food aid to impoverished families in Bradford, increased by more than six times in two years; notes that more than 37,000 youngsters are living below the breadline and that in some wards in the city 68 per cent of children are living inpoverty; commends Bradford Metropolitan Food Aid and the Citizens' Advice Centre for their efforts to provide essential food parcels; and calls on the Government to reverse the benefits cuts which have brought about this penury and to guarantee that in 2012 no child in this country will go hungry.