School Milk

EDM number 153 in 1995-96, proposed by Maria Fyfe on 04/12/1995.

That this House calls upon Her Majesty's Government to reverse its decision to stop taking up the EU subsidy for secondary school milk and milk for school meals; urges them to reject the false economy of saving a mere ú4 million in the United Kingdom contribution to the EU budget while creating long-term detriment to the health of those pupils affected, including risk of osteoporosis; further points out that this decision means a total of seven million school pupils when req uired to pay double the present cost for a carton of milk, are likely to do without; and asks whether anyone thinks that British taxpayers would have supported this tiny saving, with its attendant consequences, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer had been fit to include this item in his Budget speech.

This motion has been signed by a total of 78 MPs.