division_name: Remote Education and Free School Meals
motion: <p class="indent" pid="e684.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House believes that families need more support during school and college closures; and that those eligible should be guaranteed to receive the full value of free school meals for the duration of the school year, including during all holidays; and calls on the Secretary of State for Education to set a deadline to ensure that every learner has the resources required to learn remotely, and provide a weekly update to Parliament on implementing this.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="e686.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;committed to supporting families to feed their children during both term-time and holidays&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="e694.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;&#163;170m channelled via local authorities to the end of March appears to address the immediate need to ensure that children do not go hungry over the Christmas and February half-term holidays.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="e717.0/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;who may have difficulty engaging with remote education at home (for example due to a lack of devices or quiet space to study)&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="e717.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Overall we have 50% of children in school and my class actually has 70% of children in school&#8230;I am working to meet the needs of my class and then coming home to meet the needs of my home learners&#8221;.</p>