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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

I thank the noble Lord for letting me respond to that. We have had many years of targets and we have learnt a lot about them. As the Minister will know, our party is very concerned about the impact that targets have had across the economy. The problem has been that unfocused targets produce effects that you do not want or expect. We have spent a lot of time discussing this. One of the reasons why we have put together a lot of amendments in this area is our concern that we may have a set of targets here that produce perverse outcomes of the kind that we have seen in other areas.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
716 c221GC 
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