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Child Poverty Bill

I thank the noble Baroness. They were reluctant to endorse the use of the word "family". I accept the point of the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, that the Bill is not designed to capture the families of grown-up adults. Clearly, there was no intention to do so when I designed the amendment. If the amendment is inadequate, there is a way to capture the point, which is that we are looking at the child and parents as a unit. If that is of interest to the rest of the Committee, or even among the Government, I am prepared to come back at a later stage with an amendment that captures that concept. I would be willing to give way at this stage to the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, to learn her reaction to that proposition. I see the noble Baroness making a gesture. What a tragedy that we cannot have her words on paper at this point.