Finnish nutritional author Kaisa Isatola, Shionna Baird MSP,
Tommy Sheridan MSP, Marion Davis, One Plus Scotland, and Sean Scanlon, Scottish Youth Parliament
Dundee Evening TelegraphA fresh bid to introduce legislation to provide nutritionally-balanced free school meals for every pupil in Scotland was launched in Dundee today, where the city council leads the way in trying to wean children off junk foods, writes James Rougvie.
Although the last Bill foundered two years ago, there is now growing cross-party support for the measure, which would cost £170 million a year to feed Scotland’s 750,000 pupils.
Scottish Socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan said that in the two years, since the last attempt at legislation, the health of the nation’s children had worsened and free school meals would be an investment in health.
