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Summary

This pack has been prepared ahead of the debate to be held on Thursday 27 June 2019 on the Children’s Future Food Report. The Report is the result of an inquiry co-ordinated by the Food Foundation and led by the All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) on School Food, and Hunger and Food Poverty. The debate will be opened by Frank Field MP who was a member of the Inquiry committee.

A Westminster Hall debate on the Report was previously held on 8 May 2019, for which a debate pack was published. This is an update to that pack, including a summary of the Westminster Hall debate and additional recent press and parliamentary material.

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