Provision Of Milk Tokens For Soya Milk

EDM number 1594 in 1993-94, proposed by David Alton on 18/10/1994.

That this House supports the all-party initiative of Liverpool City Council and the campaign group which has been established to fight for free soya milk tokens for people receiving income support; believes that it is inherently unfair that the Department for Health welfare food scheme permits the exchange of tokens for four litres or seven pints of cows milk, for families receiving income support who have children under the age of five, but fails to provide the same opportunity to exchange tokens for soya milk; recognises that for some children, particularly those with allergies to cows milk, soya milk provides the only possible alternative and that poorer families should not be denied access to soya milk because of unnecessarily restrictive regulations; and, therefore, urges the Department of Health and the Department of Agriculture to make the necessary changes to allow families to have access to soya milk.

This motion has been signed by a total of 18 MPs.