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Child Poverty Bill

My Lords, I would like to add some more choices that are unavoidable. For many minority households, the only choice is to stay with a relative, leading to unsatisfactory conditions and overcrowding in many houses that minorities live in. I do not want to get into a competition over whether West Yorkshire is poorer or worse, but those of us who visit these households find that, although they do not often have childcare problems because everyone looks after everyone’s children, the conditions and the lack of privacy drive children out almost as soon as they can leave. This is a serious matter, which needs to be considered.