He says it's all about priorities
Lee Anderson says a family he was trying to help with budgeting were going to McDonald's "two or three times a week" despite using a food bank. The Conservative MP for Ashfield secured a debate in Westminster Hall on the subject of food poverty, which took place on Wednesday .
Are you worried about the number of empty shops in Nottingham city centre? Let us know in our survey here. "He was a coalminer who worked seven days a week, and my mother was a factory worker. At the weekends, my dad did his garden. "Add into these difficulties the economic damage of Brexit and it is not good enough to tell people who are struggling that they need to buck up, that they need to work more shifts, try harder and buy containers to batch cook. It simply is not good enough. It is complacent and staggeringly insensitive."
Lee Anderson responded to Mr Byrne's comments by saying: "Yes, I do live in the real world. When I talk about these things in this place, I am talking on behalf of my friends, family, neighbours and constituents. I will take no lectures from anybody in this place about living in a deprived area." "I have also asked them to look again at how they work with our farmers and how they buy fruit and vegetables so that they can further prepare for these unexpected incidents. In the meantime, I reassure honourable members that the UK has a highly resilient food supply chain, which was demonstrated during the covid-19 response. It is well equipped to deal with situations with a potential to cause disruption.
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