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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Jan 2020
School Meals: Hull

"I am chair of the all-party group on school food, as I know the Minister is aware. The thing campaigners raise with me all the time is that £2.30 is the amount given per free school meal by the Government. Not only is there the eligibility issue, but campaigners say …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"6. What assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction of free-to-use cash machines on high streets on people’s access to cash. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Minister says that, but news that NoteMachine is to convert 3,000 of its 7,000 free-to-use cash machines to pay-to-use machines is of great concern to my constituents. According to Which?, we have lost 15% of our free-to-use ATMs over the past year alone. The previous Labour Government formed an …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"14. What steps his Department is taking to help ensure that charities are able to claim timely VAT refunds. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"4Louis is a charity set up in Sunderland in the memory of Louis, who was stillborn in 2009. It fundraised and built the Louis bereavement suite at Sunderland Royal hospital at a cost of £75,000, some £12,500 of which was paid in VAT. Another suite is planned at Durham at …..."
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Written Question
Sugar: Taxation
Friday 22nd March 2019

Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Gateshead South)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to extend financial levies on sugar in food and drink to more food and drink categories.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

There are no current plans to extend the Soft Drinks Industry Levy to other food or drink categories. As set out in Phase 2 of the Childhood Obesity Strategy, HMT will review the Soft Drinks Industry Levy exemption for milk-based drinks in 2020.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 05 Mar 2019
No-deal EU Exit: Public Sector Catering

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the effect of leaving the EU without a deal on public sector catering.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I start by thanking all the public sector catering providers, users and campaigners who have been in …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 05 Mar 2019
No-deal EU Exit: Public Sector Catering

"I totally agree with my hon. Friend, and I will touch on the issue he raises later in my contribution. This morning, I sat on a no-deal Delegated Legislation Committee with my shadow Public Health Minister hat on. In that Committee Room, we were talking about the very issues my …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 05 Mar 2019
No-deal EU Exit: Public Sector Catering

"That is the worry. As Bidfood worked out, the cost will have to go up by 69p a child just to stand still. In areas that are trying to keep the price as low as possible, that initiative disappears, but in other areas that are already paying £2.30 or £2.40, …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 05 Mar 2019
No-deal EU Exit: Public Sector Catering

"I am really grateful that my hon. Friend has made that point. The average person spends 17% to 18% of their income on food, but people living on benefits and in poverty spend around 42% of their money on food, and that is at today’s prices. We do not need …..."
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