Research has shown that many children simply opt out of getting their free school dinner—there’s been a lot of work done on that—and that’s because they face stigma from their peers. But this policy, this universal free school meal policy, removes that stigma, and that is really something to be proud of. We know that children like to fit in, and I believe that having universal free school meals will help to eradicate that stigma. But what I’m going to call for here is to ensure that we don’t remove one stigma and replace it by another. I’m going to ask here that schools will be providing plant-based options on their menu. There is a significant growth in the number of children who are now being brought up who choose exclusively a plant-based—otherwise ‘vegan’—diet, for health and ethical reasons. I fear that failing to offer at least one plant-based option on the menu could mean that those children who have been freed from the stigma of having to apply for a free school meal will become victims of another stigma, where that food won’t be something that they would opt for, and they are made to feel different again, rather than fitting in.