Extract from Westminster Hall debate on People with Disabilities: Cost of Living - May 16

Wednesday, 17 May 2023 08:18

Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP):...In December 2022, the Food Standards Agency found that households with food hypersensitivity—food allergy, intolerance and coeliac disease—spent an extra 14p for every £1 compared with those who did not need to buy alternatives. For example, pea milk is £2 a litre—50% more expensive than cow’s milk. Gluten-free penne pasta at Morrisons jumped by 125% in 12 months, from 60p in January 2022 to £1.35 in January this year. I...Request free trial