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Business question from Mark Pritchard (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 15 May 2008. It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.


Business of the House

May we have an urgent debate on poverty? Despite the Government's handbrake U-turn on the 10p tax rate, the lowest paid and poorest in society will remain worse off as a result of the changes. Will not 2008 go down as the year that Labour abandoned the poor?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
475 c1563 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Poverty
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk