Motion NDM7002 Jenny Rathbone, Dai Lloyd, Joyce Watson

Supported by  Darren Millar, David Rowlands, Mike Hedges, Russell George, Vikki Howells

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Believes that healthy, nourishing school meals can make an essential contribution to pupils’ wellbeing, attainment, and positive behaviour.

2. Notes that the Children’s Commissioner’s report A Charter for Change: Protecting Welsh Children from the Impact of Poverty provides worrying evidence that a significant number of pupils are not getting their entitlement set out in the healthy eating in maintained schools guidance.

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to:

a) clarify whether the standards of school meals are the responsibility of school governors, local authorities or the Welsh Government and what action is being taken to ensure they are being monitored; and

b) outline what action is being taken to increase the amount of food for schools being procured locally as part of its emphasis on the foundational economy.