PE1926: Expand universal free school meals for all nursery, primary and secondary school pupils
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to expand universal free school meals provision for all nursery, primary and secondary school pupils.
Petitioner: Alison Dowling
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 08 February 2022
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe Briefing (160.2KB, pdf) (160KB, pdf) posted 08 March 2022
Committee Meetings
20 April 2022: The Committee agreed to write to Child Poverty Action Group, Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, COSLA, Community Food and Health Scotland and The Trussell Trust. It also agreed to write to the Scottish Government.
Official Report of Meeting 20 April 2022
28 September 2022: The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills.
Official Report of Meeting 28 September 2022
22 February 2023: The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills.
Official Report of Meeting 22 February 2023
28 June 2023: The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills and COSLA.
Official Report of Meeting 28 June 2023
Written Submissions
PE1926/A: Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills submission of 23 February 2022 (, ) (, ) posted 25 February 2022
PE1926/B: COSLA submission of 19 May 2022 (153KB, pdf) (153KB, pdf) posted 16 June 2022
PE1926/C: Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland submission of 6 June 2022 (205KB, pdf) (205KB, pdf) posted 16 June 2022
PE1926/D: Public Health Scotland submission of 6 June 2022 (174.2KB, pdf) (174KB, pdf) posted 16 June 2022
PE1926/E:Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills submission of 21 June 2022 (154.8KB, pdf) (155KB, pdf) posted 30 June 2022
PE1926/F:Child Poverty Action Group submission of 4 August 2022 (273.1KB, pdf) (273KB, pdf) posted 18 August 2022
PE1926/G: Trussell Trust submission of 12 August 2022 (147.2KB, pdf) (147KB, pdf) posted 18 August 2022
PE1926/H: Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills submission of 26 October 2022 (98.4KB, pdf) (98KB, pdf) posted 02 November 2022
PE1926/I: Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills submission of 18 April 2023 (45KB, pdf) posted 19 April 2023
PE1926/J: COSLA submission of 8 August 2023 (97KB, pdf) posted 28 August 2023
PE926/K: Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills submission of 21 August 2023 (92KB, pdf) posted 28 August 2023