Rennie responds to Children’s Commissioner free school meals comments

Responding to the Children’s Commissioner’s criticism of the Scottish Government’s decision to scrap plans for universal free school meals for primary pupils, which included her stating “warm words about tackling child poverty do not keep children warm, nor do they put food in their tummies,” Scottish Liberal Democrat communities spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:

“Like many others, I share the frustrations of the Children’s Commissioner. If we are to move the dial at all on child poverty, ministers shouldn’t be making promises they can’t keep.

“Nicola Sturgeon, Humza Yousaf and John Swinney all committed to universal free school meals for primary pupils, but they have all failed to deliver.

“The SNP’s pyre of empty pledges is growing by the day- no wonder people just don’t trust them anymore.”