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Proceeding contribution from Lord Freud (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 19 January 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Child Poverty Bill.

Child Poverty Bill

I thank the noble Baroness for giving way, but I point out to her that the Bill is very much not saying, "We will do all this through income transfers", it is actually saying, "We will have strategies to eradicate poverty, or pull it down to 10 per cent". As I understand it, it is absolutely not saying that the only strategy is income transfers. It is saying that the Secretary of State must have a strategy to reduce poverty, and that strategy presumably includes actions to do some of the things in this amendment.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
716 c167-8GC 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Children Devolved matters Disadvantaged Costs Housing Families Free school meals Low incomes Northern Ireland Parents Poverty Lone parents Scotland Statistics Welfare tax credits Wales Social rented housing Unemployment Child Poverty Commission
Legislation
Child Poverty Bill 2008-09 to 2009-10
Link
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