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 (March 1).
The debate discussed a wide range of issues, including measures that could possibly be taken to tackle food waste and the support provided by Government to British farmers. Much of the debate focused on the use of food banks, a subject which Mr Anderson has previously spoken about after saying that most of those earning more than £30,000 shouldn't need to use one.
Speaking at the Westminster Hall debate, Lee Anderson said: "What upsets me, this gets to me a little bit, is that there is a culture in some deprived areas where people are so dependent on food banks that it is like a weekly shop for them. One particular family who I was really trying to help were going to the food bank two or three times a week to get their groceries, but then I would see them in McDonald's two or three times a week.
