Motion or amendment: Impact of the Ongoing Increase in the Cost of Living - Amendment 1
Motion or amendment by Mr Robbie Butler on .
- MLA
- Mr Robbie Butler
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 13 November 2025
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Impact of the Ongoing Increase in the Cost of Living”
- Heading
- Impact of the Ongoing Increase in the Cost of Living - Amendment 1
- Assembly identifier
- Document 458843
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Impact of the Ongoing Increase in the Cost of Living - Amendment 1
Leave out all after ‘published by the Minister for Communities;’ and insert: ‘notes with concern that food prices have risen sharply in recent years, contributing to increasing levels of food insecurity and worsening health inequalities across Northern Ireland; further notes the recent announcement by the Education Authority regarding the increase to the cost of school meals, which will add further pressure on already stretched household budgets; recognises that affordable access to food, including school meals, is vital in tackling child poverty and reducing health inequalities; believes that departmental and arm’s-length body decisions must align with the objectives of the Executive’s Anti-Poverty Strategy; calls on the Minister of Education to review the Education Authority’s decision, to increase the eligibility threshold for free school meals, and to work with the Minister for Communities to ensure a coordinated approach to supporting low-income families; and further calls on the Minister for Communities to strengthen the draft Anti-Poverty Strategy to include measurable poverty reduction targets and clear actions to address food and fuel poverty.’
182 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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