Proceeding contribution from Lord Freud (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 21 January 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Child Poverty Bill.

Child Poverty Bill

Let me take up the noble Baroness’s point. I was actually quoting from the OECD on this. The simple point that it is making is that you are better helping some of the children who are absolutely the worst off in kind. What I am saying is that that kind of effective intervention, if that is what the policy should be, is actively discouraged by a set of targets that has no way of measuring the in-kind intervention as it stands.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 716 c202GC
Session: 2009-10
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects: Disability Children Children in care Accountability Disadvantaged Costs Fraud Employment Families Education Households Low incomes Ministerial responsibility Public appointments Poverty Public bodies Public consultation Lone parents Statistics Social security benefits Welfare tax credits Training Travellers Tax evasion Self-employed Child Poverty Commission
Legislation: Child Poverty Bill 2008-09 to 2009-10
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Child Poverty Bill

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