Food Banks - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:29 pm on 1 May 2019.

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Photo of Baroness Boycott Baroness Boycott Crossbench 3:29, 1 May 2019

My Lords, food poverty is particularly hard on children. In last week’s Children’s Future Food Inquiry we found many things. Rickets is now at its highest rate in 50 years and is stunting height—children are 1 centimetre shorter at the age of 10 if they have grown up on bad diets. Can the Minister give me any idea what the Government are doing to ensure everyone in this country, regardless of income or geography, can access decent, affordable and healthy food?