Food and fairness: the first hearing

The inquiry committee heard evidence about 'Fair shares: inequalities in health and nutrition' on 16th September 2009.

Committee members were pre-briefed with a dossier of evidence on the subject, and heard evidence from three witnesses. These were Bill Gray, National Officer, Community Food and Health Scotland, who gave evidence on 'Food poverty in the UK'; Steve Wiggins, Research Fellow, Rural Policy and Governance Group, Overseas Development Institute, who gave evidence on 'How incomes affect food security internationally'; and Donald Hirsch, Head of Income Studies, Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University, who gave evidence on 'Inequalities and economic policy'.

A report of the meeting is available below, along with a dossier summarising the relevant research: these are the first two documents listed. The next two documents are the powerpoint presentations given by Steve Wiggins and Donald Hirsch. Recordings of the hearing sessions will be posted in the near future.