Written question asked by Baroness Thomas of Winchester (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Hill of Oareford (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 June 2010.

Child Poverty Commission

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they propose to establish the child poverty commission.

Answer: Section 14 of the coalition document confirms the Government's commitment to ending child poverty in the UK. The Child Poverty Act establishes a Child Poverty Commission to provide advice to the Government on the development of its child poverty strategy. The Act also requires a child poverty strategy to be published by March 2011. The commission must therefore be established in time to feed into the child poverty strategy. We shall make an announcement about the commission in due course.

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