As a teenager, I read the autobiography of Sonja Davies, a former union leader and a Labour Party MP later in her career. The title of her autobiography is Bread and Roses. The title Bread and Roses is from the Lawrence textile workers' strike. It was popularised by the Lawrence textile workers' strike in 1912, which was a famous strike that took place in America. The women there were fighting for fair wages but also for dignity. Making sure that children in care, whether in State care or not, receive a birthday or holiday allowance recognises, I think, children in a very similar way. Yes, children need the essentials. They need food, shelter, and love, as all people do, but they also need to be treated with respect and deserve to celebrate extra things like birthdays and holidays that might be important to them. Children, like the striking workers, need bread and roses too. 