HC Deb 27 February 1958 vol 583 cc77-8W
118. Mr. G. Roberts

asked the Minister of Education if he will amend the Provision of Milk and Meals Regulations so as to extend to voluntary institutions, particularly orphanages, the arrangements for providing school meals at reduced charges at present limited to parents who can prove financial hardship.

Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd

In the Education Acts and these Regulations the term "parent" already includes anyone who has the actual custody of a child; but voluntary institutions must be assumed to have the financial resources necessary to maintain the children they take into their care.