HC Deb 22 July 1937 vol 326 cc2433-4W
Mr. Ridley

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education which county councils provide free solid meals for schoolchildren?

Mr. Lindsay

The county councils which make some provision of free solid meals for school children are the councils for Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Essex, Lancashire, London, Surrey, the West Riding of Yorkshire and Monmouthshire.

Mr. Ridley

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education which county borough councils do not provide free solid meals for school children?

Mr. Lindsay

The county borough councils which do not provide free solid meals for school children are the councils for Barrow-in-Furness, Blackpool, Burton-on-Trent, Chester, Darlington, Eastbourne, Exeter, Gloucester, Great Yarmouth, Plymouth, Rotherham, Warrington, West Bromwich, West Hartlepool and Worcester.