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Child Poverty Bill

Has the noble Baroness considered that housing costs and transport costs are, to a considerable extent, interactive? You can get cheaper housing out in Hertfordshire, but then the costs are greater getting into London. This should somehow be factored into the equation. It is also a fair question to ask the Minister. If the Government intend to exclude housing costs from the figures, are they saying that the child benefits from the higher housing costs? What I am trying to say is that the after housing costs may relate to the child, but the child does not actually benefit from what the household costs, so that the overall cost of the household, which reflects the amount that goes to the child and which affects child poverty, ought to include the housing cost.