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Free School Meals (Automatic Registration of Eligible Children) Bill

A Bill to provide local authorities with the duties and powers required to identify and automatically register all children eligible for free school meals; to provide for an opt-out where the family wishes; and for connected purposes.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Free School Meals (Automatic Registration of Eligible Children) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 15 December 2015 by Frank Field (Labour). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 15 Dec 2015
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 13 May 2016.