NDM7002 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'

'Healthy eating in maintained schools: Statutory guidance for local authorities and governing bodies'

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)