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

1 session
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

4 letters
DateDirectionTitle
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…