require local authorities to facilitate the delivery of programmes that provide free meals and activities for children during school holidays; and for connected purposes.
The School Holidays (Meals and Activities) was a Presentation Bill tabled by Lord Field of Birkenhead.
Is this Bill currently before Parliament?No. This Bill is not under active consideration by Parliament, as it was introduced during the previous 2017-19 Session.
Whose idea is this Bill?As a Private Members' Bill, this Bill represents the individual initiative of an MP (Lord Field of Birkenhead), not the Government.
What type of Bill is this?A Presentation Bill can be tabled by any MP after the fifth Wednesday of the Session. There is no limit to the number of Presentation Bills an individual MP may table.
So is this going to become a law?No. This Bill did not complete it's passage before the Session completed and is no longer before Parliament. However, it may have been re-introduced under a similar name in a subsequent Session.
Would you like to know more?See these Glossary articles for more information: Presentation Bill, Private Members Bill, Process of a Bill
Supporters: Lord Brady of Altrincham (Con), Philippa Whitford (SNP), Emma Lewell-Buck (Lab), Heidi Allen (LD), Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Con), Oliver Letwin (Ind), Jacob Rees-Mogg (Con), Lord Soames of Fletching (Con), Dan Poulter (Lab), Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab), Lord Bellingham (Con)
Official Bill Page Initial Briefing papers Ministerial Extracts from Debates
Next Event: There is no future stage currently scheduled for this bill
Last Event: Friday 19th January 2018 - 2nd reading: House of Commons
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