Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 18 March 2021
18 Mar 2021 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
First Minister’s Question Time
Statutory Right to Food
The First Minister might be aware that, last week, my bill proposal to enshrine the right to food into Scots law received enough cross-party support to proceed and has now been lodged. I take the opportunity to thank the members who supported my proposal. Although the pandemic has highlighted concerns around food insecurity and poverty, food bank usage was already surging before the lockdown. Does the First Minister agree that malnutrition and hunger, and poor wages and conditions among workers in the food industry, are unacceptable in 21st century Scotland? What priority does she place on a statutory right to food?
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Elaine Smith (Central Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
The First Minister might be aware that, last week, my bill proposal to enshrine the right to food into Scots law received enough cross-party support to proce...
The First Minister (Nicola Sturgeon)
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I agree with much of that. Obviously, we are getting to the point when all parties in the chamber are focusing on our manifestos of what we will do if we are...