NEW: Labour vote to extend free school meals over the holidays until Easter 2021 is defeated 322-261.

Government majority of 61.

. @MarcusRashford: "I don't have the education of a politician, many on Twitter have made that clear today, but I have a social education having lived through this and having spent time with the families affected." https://twitter.com/MarcusRashford/status/1318980281999761408?s=20

Motion called on government to extend the free school meal holiday funding in England to Easter 2021. It wouldn't have had legal force but would have been an expression of the will of Parliament.

The Scottish and Welsh governments have pledged to extend free school meals over the holidays up to and including Easter 2021. English pupils will be the outlier in Great Britain.

Five Conservative MPs voted against the government tonight on Free School Meals. Includes @halfon4harlowMP the Chair of the Education Select Committee. Everything else was on party lines, with the remaining Conservative MPs (who didn’t abstain) voting against.