FOOD POVERTY

That this House views with grave concern the massive increase in food aid to impoverished families in Bradford, increased by more than six times in two years; notes that more than 37,000 youngsters are living below the breadline and that in some wards in the city 68 per cent of children are living inpoverty; commends Bradford Metropolitan Food Aid and the Citizens' Advice Centre for their efforts to provide essential food parcels; and calls on the Government to reverse the benefits cuts which have brought about this penury and to guarantee that in 2012 no child in this country will go hungry.