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To: Department of Education

School lunches

To allocate a dedicated time for children in primary schools to eat

Why is this important?

At the moment the Dep of Education doesn't allocate a set time for eating, leaving each school to decide it for themselves. For many years parents have been complaining that children were coming back home with their lunches barely touched, their explanation being the lack of time. This is a very unhealthy habit that concurs in many eating related problems, in the short as in the long term (as obesity and other issues)
We believe it's time to review this and the first step is for the schools to have set a minimum of 20 minutes for eating in a single lunch break, followed by the recreation time.

Updates

2019-01-27 10:46:06 +0000

500 signatures reached

2018-02-05 09:02:52 +0000

100 signatures reached

2018-02-04 22:05:21 +0000

50 signatures reached

2018-02-04 18:49:06 +0000

25 signatures reached

2018-02-04 17:37:26 +0000

10 signatures reached