Select Committee · Petitions Committee
Child Food Poverty
Status: Closed
Opened: 18 Dec 2020
Closed: 8 Jul 2021
The Petitions Committee has launched an inquiry into child food poverty, to consider issues raised in an e-petition started by Marcus Rashford entitled: "End child food poverty – no child should be going hungry." The petition has so far gained over 1 million signatures. The Committee’s inquiry comes as the government announced a financial support …
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan 2021 | Anna Taylor · The Food Foundation, Anne Longfield OBE · Office of the Children's Commissioner for England, Azmina Siddique · The Children's Society, Garry Lemon · The Trussell Trust, Henry Dimbleby · Defra, Lindsay Boswell · FareShare | View ↗ |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Jul 2021 | To cttee | Letter from the Department for Work and Pensions relating to child food poverty |
| 22 Jun 2021 | From cttee | Letter to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions relating to child food p… |
| 20 May 2021 | To cttee | Letter from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions relating to child food… |
| 18 Dec 2020 | From cttee | Letter to the Secretary of State for Work and Pension relating to child food po… |