I have to congratulate Jim Devine MP and Michael Connarty MP for the stand they have taken in support of the principle of free nutritious school meals. I couldn’t agree more with the motion they signed in the House of Commons condemning the Liberal Democrats for cancelling the successful scheme they’ve ran in Hull for the past 3 years.
If only Mary Mulligan and Bristow Muldoon had shown the same social conscience then perhaps our bill to introduce free school meals across Scotland wouldn’t have been derailed by the labour led Executive.
It seems that the opinion of the Labour party is that it is ok for children in England to receive free school meals but for some reason it isn’t ok in Scotland – the word hypocrisy springs to mind.
Perhaps, for the Labour Party, the three words attached to the free school meals bill, Scottish socialist party, were the problem. Only the SSP is committed to delivering Free Nutritious School Meals for all our children.
The motion signed by Jim Devine MP & Michael Connarty MP read:
"That this House… believes that a more nutritious diet for schoolchildren has a central role in combating this public health problem; applauds Hull City Council's three-year pilot scheme, combining increased investment in healthier school food ingredients with the abolition of charges for primary school meals…"
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I remember reading back in the days when Thatcher was Prime minister a doctor in Liverpool reported the first case of Ricketts disease caused by deficient of Vitamin D not seen since the 19th century.
Vitamin D levels are needed for the health of the thyroid, estrogens, calcitonin, human growth hormone, prolactin, insulin, and glucocorticoids. Vitamin D helps regulate calcium absorption from the diet, and is important for healthy bones.
Note..."human growth hormone" "healthy bones".
I like you Colin would say that is of paramount importance in Young Children.You got it spot on Colin when you said... "believes that a more nutritious diet for schoolchildren has a central role in combating this public health problem".
I would also say that the "public health problem" we have is once again NEW Labour/Lib Dems and Tories.
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