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NDM7002 Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) - Healthy School Meals
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Meeting: 15/05/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) - Healthy School Meals
NDM7002 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff
Central)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Believes that healthy, nourishing school
meals can make an essential contribution to pupils’ wellbeing, attainment, and
positive behaviour.
2. Notes that the Children’s Commissioner’s
report A Charter for Change: Protecting Welsh Children from the Impact of
Poverty provides worrying evidence that a significant number of pupils are not
getting their entitlement set out in the healthy eating in maintained schools
guidance.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) clarify whether the standards of school
meals are the responsibility of school governors, local authorities or the
Welsh Government and what action is being taken to ensure they are being
monitored; and
b) outline what action is being taken to
increase the amount of food for schools being procured locally as part of its
emphasis on the foundational economy.
'A
Charter for Change: Protecting Welsh Children from the Impact of Poverty'
Co-Submitters
Dai Lloyd (South Wales West)
Joyce Watson (Mid and West
Wales)
Supporters
Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
David Rowlands (South Wales
East)
Mike Hedges (Swansea East)
Russell George
(Montgomeryshire)
Vikki Howells (Cynon Valley)
Minutes:
The item started at 16.35
NDM7002 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff
Central)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Believes that healthy, nourishing school meals can make an essential
contribution to pupils’ wellbeing, attainment, and positive behaviour.
2.
Notes that the Children’s Commissioner’s report A Charter for Change:
Protecting Welsh Children from the Impact of Poverty provides worrying evidence
that a significant number of pupils are not getting their entitlement set out
in the healthy eating in maintained schools guidance.
3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a)
clarify whether the standards of school meals are the responsibility of school
governors, local authorities or the Welsh Government and what action is being
taken to ensure they are being monitored; and
b)
outline what action is being taken to increase the amount of food for schools
being procured locally as part of its emphasis on the foundational economy.
The
motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.