Does my right hon. Friend not agree that many of the individuals on universal credit and jobseeker’s allowance are having to go to food banks, and at the very time that we need support for food banks, many food banks are unfortunately having to close because of the age demographic of the volunteers, who are normally a lot more mature? That is why, within this package, we need more support for food banks and the charitable sector.
Financial and Social Emergency Support Package
Proceeding contribution from
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 25 March 2020.
It occurred during Opposition day on Financial and Social Emergency Support Package.
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