No Recourse to Public Funds

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 11:00 am on 15 May 2024.

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Photo of Ian Byrne Ian Byrne Labour, Liverpool, West Derby 11:00, 15 May 2024

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Two years ago, the Government committed to a consultation of permanently extending the Healthy Start scheme to households with no recourse to public funds. However, the consultation has still not happened. Does my hon. Friend agree that that delay from the Government is shameful, and that the Healthy Start scheme that provides families with support to get food and milk for young children should be permanently extended to those subject to no recourse to public funds as a matter of urgency, as called for by organisations such as Feeding Liverpool, the Food Foundation and Sustain?