That this House congratulates Islington Labour councillors in successfully amending the borough's budget for 2009-10 to enable all primary school children to receive free school meals; and believes that this constitutes a great commitment to children's health and shows proper priorities.

That this House congratulates Islington Labour councillors in successfully amending the borough's budget for 2009-10 to enable all primary school children to receive free school meals; and believes that this constitutes a great commitment to children's health and shows proper priorities.

That this House welcomes the Learning Along the Food Chain DVD commissioned by Organic Centre Wales and FACE Wales, which seeks to promote understanding of how food is produced amongst school students, using farm visits, gardening and cooking to promote healthy eating and care for the environment; applauds Nick Rebbeck of Learning on the Farm for producing the bilingual DVD; notes that as demand for locally sourced food increases it is important that children are made aware of the work done by farms to provide food; and congratulates everyone involved with the Learning Along the Food Chain project.

That this House welcomes the Learning Along the Food Chain DVD commissioned by Organic Centre Wales and FACE Wales, which seeks to promote understanding of how food is produced amongst school students, using farm visits, gardening and cooking to promote healthy eating and care for the environment; applauds Nick Rebbeck...

That this House welcomes the launch, with the support of the Daily Mirror newspaper, of the FULL campaign for free, universal, locally-sourced lunches in UK schools; believes that introducing free, hot and healthy school meals and stay on site policies would be a major step in the fight against child obesity, remove the stigma of free school meals for some children, increase educational achievement, encourage an environmentally sustainable approach to school food, discourage pupils from eating junk food and cut nuisance behaviour in local communities at lunchtimes; notes academic research which shows a direct link between diet and educational attainment; recognises that obesity is estimated to cost the public purse ??3.5 billion a year; believes that the benefits of free school meals for all would far outweigh the cost; and urges the Government to make a full assessment of universal free school meals through the establishment of pilots.

That this House welcomes the launch, with the support of the Daily Mirror newspaper, of the FULL campaign for free, universal, locally-sourced lunches in UK schools; believes that introducing free, hot and healthy school meals and stay on site policies would be a major step in the fight against child...

That this House notes the study carried out by the Child Poverty Action Group in 2000-01 on school meals, which reported the stigmatisation of families and their children through receipt of free school meals; further notes that this study also reported that by extending entitlement to free school meals the disposable income of the poorest families could rise by up to ??27 a week; and congratulates Bolton Council on its announcement of the introduction of free school meals to all starters at primary school in the first term from September 2008, with the hope that this can be extended to the full school year later.

That this House notes the study carried out by the Child Poverty Action Group in 2000-01 on school meals, which reported the stigmatisation of families and their children through receipt of free school meals; further notes that this study also reported that by extending entitlement to free school meals the...

That this House congratulates those schools which have set up fair trade tuckshops; believes that the sale of fairly-traded products as part of a healthy schools policy has a role to play both in encouraging healthier eating habits amongst young people and in raising their awareness of environmental and third-world issues; and calls upon the Department for Education and Skills to encourage other schools to take up this initiative.

That this House congratulates those schools which have set up fair trade tuckshops; believes that the sale of fairly-traded products as part of a healthy schools policy has a role to play both in encouraging healthier eating habits amongst young people and in raising their awareness of environmental and third-world...