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School Meals

That is absolutely right. I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that point, as jobs are important to Hull. I want to say something about Jamie Oliver. He visited Hull before he decided to take his TV programme to the London borough of Greenwich. I think that he said that Hull was ahead of the game, and that the story was not there any more but at other local authorities that had failed to grasp the nettle. He had a look at what we were doing and was impressed. Sue Rae, Kingston upon Hull city council’s healthy eating co-ordinator, said that:"““The council expected a drop after the introduction of the healthy eating menu. It’s quite a culture change to get children accustomed to a menu that isn’t dominated by things like burgers, chips, pizza and chicken nuggets: it takes time to educate children’s palates to a broader range of tastes and textures, but if we can do that with children in primary school then we really are giving them a better chance of being healthier later in life””."