Food Insecurity

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:14 pm on 20 March 2018.

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Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru 2:14, 20 March 2018

(Translated)

Last week, I staged an event here with the Women's Institute on food poverty. Jig-So from Cardigan were in attendance, Food Poverty Alliance Wales were there, as were the Trussell Trust. It’s clear that the Women’s Institute want to lead a campaign on food poverty over the next few months, and there is an issue related to women here, because it is they who primarily miss out on meals in these situations, and that is something that we should be clear on given the threat of universal credit coming down the line to many communities in Wales, as has just been mentioned. What can you as a Government do to work with organisations such as the Women’s Institute to go into communities to ensure that they do their very best to support those families who are facing austerity?