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Pupil 'faints through hunger'

MPs have demanded the government act to make sure poorer children continue to receive free lunches during the summer holidays.

One MP tells of a child who fainted on a Monday morning, because he had nothing to eat since his free school lunch on Friday.

Alicia McCarthy reports.

And you can hear a full report of the day in Parliament on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 at 23:30

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