State primary school children in London and Wales have access to Universal Free School Meals, but families across the rest of the UK are still facing strict eligibility criteria - is it fair or not and why? How do you feel about the strict eligibility criteria for free school meals in other parts of the UK? Do you think they should be relaxed?
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00:00I don't think it's fair, no, but again I think it all comes down to money.
00:05Do you think they should be more relaxed in terms of the eligibility for these free school meals?
00:11I think there should be some sort of gateway to those free meals but I think they should possibly be relaxed.
00:19I mean, I was a teacher in London before and it's nice that kids can have that and I think they all should.
00:27I'm not aware of the criteria here but I think if a family can't afford it they should be able to give access to these kids.
00:40They shouldn't need to justify themselves too much.
00:44I think ideally you'd like to see everybody having free school meals, provided that it meant they were going to get healthy food.
00:51I grew up with it and it's one way of ensuring that everybody gets a fair crack of the whip but again it comes down to resources.