Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 24 June 2026 [Draft]
24 Jun 2026 · S7 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Breakfast Clubs (Primary and Special Schools)
In an earlier response, I mentioned that there are co-benefits to universal breakfast club provision across our primary and special schools. We know that, in order to learn well, children must eat well. Although most children can rely on doing so, many cannot, so such meals will provide a nutritional start to the day. With up to an extra hour of care for children being provided at the beginning of the day, the policy also helps parents and carers through the cost of living crisis by allowing them to take up employment or increase their working hours.
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Katherine Sangster (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Lab)
Lab
To ask the Scottish Government what specific support it plans to provide to primary and special schools to enable the delivery of universal breakfast clubs. ...
The Cabinet Secretary for Education, Culture and Gaelic (Màiri McAllan)
SNP
This year, we will invest £3 million in our bright start breakfasts fund, which will provide 9,000 breakfast club places and support more than 20,000 childre...
Katherine Sangster
Lab
The United Kingdom Labour Government is rolling out breakfast clubs at pace and is ensuring that primary schools are offered expert support and advice on how...
Màiri McAllan
SNP
I am always interested in how other jurisdictions are pursuing policies. We look across the border and elsewhere in that regard.It is worth noting that a gre...
Dawn Black (Angus North and Mearns) (SNP)
SNP
Every child’s day should start with a nutritious meal. We know that that benefits their learning experience and that wraparound care aims to accommodate pare...
Màiri McAllan
SNP
In an earlier response, I mentioned that there are co-benefits to universal breakfast club provision across our primary and special schools. We know that, in...
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Katy Clark)
Lab
I call Duncan Dunlop.
Duncan Dunlop (South Scotland) (LD)
LD
Apologies, Deputy Presiding Officer. I did not mean to speak on this question.
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Katy Clark)
Lab
You had pressed your request-to-speak button, but that is not a problem.