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Communities Committee seeks views on the provision of healthy meals and snacks in Scottish schools

CCOM002/2006 | 2 October 2006

Views on proposed legislation which aims to ensure all meals and snacks available in schools are nutritionally balanced are being sought by the Scottish Parliament's Communities Committee.

The Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Bill aims to promote the adoption of healthy lifestyles in schools. One key proposal is that all foods and drinks that are available to pupils should meet set nutritional standards. The bill also aims to promote the uptake of school lunches and to protect the identity of those in receipt of free school meals.

In its scrutiny of the proposals, the Communities Committee is seeking written evidence on the general principles of the bill, including:

• Overall objectives

• The duty to ensure that all schools are health-promoting

• Nutritional requirements of food and drink supplied in schools

• The applications of nutritional requirements

• Provision of food and drink (within defined nutritional standards) at any time of the day

• Promotion of school meals, in particular free school meals

• Protection of the identity of pupils receiving free school meals.

Background

View the full call for evidence and view the bill in full.

Written evidence should be submitted no later than 6 November 2006. Evidence should be reasonably brief and typewritten. If possible, please submit responses by email to: communities.committee@scottish.parliament.uk

Alternatively, responses can be submitted on computer disk in Word or plain text with a single additional copy to the Clerk to the Communities Committee, Room T.3.40, Tower 2, The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP.

The contact for members of the media is:

Elaine Mitchell: 0131 348 6245

E-mail : elaine.mitchell@scottish.parliament.uk

Communities Committee contact information

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