train back on the current one? it s trying to get the train back on the tracks, - current one? it s trying to get the train back on the tracks, so the l train back on the tracks, so the government had put into place a very ambitious programme to make farming more sustainable, which is about the only thing people on both sides of the brexit divide could agree was something we could do coming out of europe. it has been going quite well at the michael gove and then george eustice and then we had this car crash or policy announcements, restricting seasonal labour, leaving £60 million of crops in the field, the australian trade deal which didn t protect the standards for the they have now said they will protect them for the rebranding defra is a growth department. all these things and the whole intellectual framework of what they were trying to do with farmers fell apart, and farmers became worried, there was a lot of change and they didn t know what the government was doing an
you this, injune 2021 g do personally oppose free meals for poorer schoolchildren during the summer holidays? 1 poorer schoolchildren during the summer holidays? poorer schoolchildren during the summer holidays? poorer schoolchildren during the summer holida s? , ., summer holidays? i can t remember at what oint summer holidays? i can t remember at what point we summer holidays? i can t remember at what point we funded summer holidays? i can t remember at what point we funded the summer holidays? i can t remember at what point we funded the holiday - what point we funded the holiday activity what point we funded the holiday activity and food programme because as we activity and food programme because as we were activity and food programme because as we were coming out of the pandemic as we were coming out of the pandemic and surprisingly things that were temporary were being removed that were temporary were being removed more generally. whether it was furlou
we have people. very specifically on food. we have extended the holiday activity we have extended the holiday activity and food programme which is funded activity and food programme which is funded by activity and food programme which is funded by hundreds of millions of pounds funded by hundreds of millions of pounds per year, also food and activities pounds per year, also food and activities on disadvantaged children and we activities on disadvantaged children and we have a healthy start vouchers for expectant, pregnant or new mothers, for expectant, pregnant or new mothers, and also the free school meals mothers, and also the free school meals programme. if you put all of that together, and i accept that things that together, and i accept that things are challenging, there are a range things are challenging, there are a range of things are challenging, there are a range of measures in place to help people range of measures in place to help people with the cost
it s what it can and should do, which is to extend the benefits to those families living on the edge, living in poverty for things like free school meals, healthy start vouchers, holiday activity and food programmes. at the moment, the threshold is £7,1i00 pre benefit household income is way too low, it s been too low for years and it s even worse now, the lowest in the uk, and the government really should be moving now to increase that threshold. that s what they could do to help people now. you threshold. that s what they could do to help people now. to help people now. you have been makin: to help people now. you have been making the to help people now. you have been making the case to help people now. you have been making the case for to help people now. you have been making the case for a to help people now. you have been making the case for a while. - to help people now. you have been making the case for a while. that i to help people now. you have beenl making the case