10. Plaid Cymru Debate: Free school meals

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:08 pm on 14 July 2021.

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Photo of Cefin Campbell Cefin Campbell Plaid Cymru 6:08, 14 July 2021

(Translated)

I will conclude with this, Llywydd: expanding free school meals also gives us an opportunity to secure healthier foods for our children and to increase horticulture here in Wales. To conclude, therefore, free school meals for primary children would not only lead to better healthy eating patterns, reduce obesity, improve the ability to concentrate in the classroom and reduce the stigma attached to poverty, but it also has social, economic and environmental benefits too. So, for all sorts of very good reasons, Llywydd, I urge everyone to support this motion. Thank you.