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Closed Provide food bank service as food banks close & hardship increases due to CV-19

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Food banks are a vital lifeline to people on the lowest incomes and many of the most vulnerable within our communities.

The government needs to provide and stock a food bank style service throughout the UK to ensure people are not forced into hunger as a result of coronavirus.

Food banks fill an essential gap where our welfare system fails. The need for emergency food will surge as people claim statutory sick pay, universal credit and children who receive school meals will go hungry if schools close.

In parallel, food banks are experiencing greater pressures. Donations have fallen as people stockpile for themselves. Many are also facing closure as they have a duty to protect volunteers, many of whom are retirees, susceptible to the virus needing to self-isolate.

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  • Related activity

    Share your experiences of accessing food coronavirus outbreak

    Have you struggled to get your weekly shop? Are you self-isolating or shielding and relying on deliveries or food parcels? Do you use a foodbank?  
     
    A group of MPs called the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee would like to hear about your experiences of accessing food during the coronavirus outbreak.

    You can share your experiences here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=nt3mHDeziEC-Xo277ASzSsdf6aRbb_hHi61kcnJ3-KJUOFFXNEhLSDlFTUZaQzU1TlNEWVkwUVhHUC4u
     
    They’d like to hear from you by 28 April. Your answers will help them to understand the issues people are facing and what questions MPs need to ask the Government. 
     
    They might publish some or all of your responses, or read them out when they’re asking questions in a public Committee meeting or in the House of Commons. So please don’t share any personal information that you don’t want to be public.
     
    You can get updates on their work by following the Committee on Twitter @CommonsEFRA or on their website: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/52/environment-food-and-rural-affairs-committee
     
     ### What is the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee?
     
    The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee looks at and questions how the Government Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
     
    ·         is run
    ·         spends money
    ·         decides on its policies
     
    It's a cross-party committee and is independent of the Government.
     
    This is a ‘select committee’. Find out how Select Committees work:
     
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_2RDuDs44c

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