Parliamentary question bank

We’re campaigning for a ‘Real Meal Deal’ that could cut household food bills in half for millions of workers across the UK. Implementing the scheme requires a simple change to the Treasury’s current rules on benefits and expenses — but we can only secure this if we put our proposals firmly on the Government’s radar.

You can help highlight the campaign by tabling one or more of the questions below — either as written questions, or during Treasury oral questions on XX September (the deadline for tabling oral questions is 12:30 on XX September).

If you’d like support to draft a slightly different question, we’d be happy to help. You can speak to the campaign team by emailing XX.

Suggested questions

1. To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the benefits of introducing a new meal card scheme in the UK to help workers pay for food during the working day?
2. To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with colleagues across the Government on the merits of introducing a tax-relief scheme to help workers pay for food during the working day?
3. To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help workers pay for food during the working day, given rising food costs in recent months.
4. To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of supporting workers to access high-quality nutrition during the working day on levels of worker productivity?
5. To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of supporting workers to access high-quality nutrition during the working day on workers’ health and wellbeing?
6. To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support job creation in the hospitality sector as the cost of living crisis threatens to undermine consumer demand?