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Proceeding contribution from Lord McKenzie of Luton (Labour) in the House of Lords on Monday, 25 January 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Child Poverty Bill.

Child Poverty Bill

I just remind the noble Lord that, as well as low income and material deprivation targets, there is a persistent poverty target in the Bill, although we had a debate about whether that should be persistent material deprivation. I am not sure that we agreed to differ but we did differ on that. However, this is not just a question of the 60 per cent target. In fact, for low income and material deprivation, the equivalised net income is based on 70 per cent of median equivalised income.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
716 c261GC 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Children Conditions of employment Alcoholic drinks Disadvantaged Costs Finance Families Drugs Misconduct Low incomes Pay Membership Public appointments Poverty Minimum wage Misuse Nutrition Lone parents OECD countries Social security benefits Welfare tax credits Research Unemployment Self-employed UNICEF Child Poverty Commission Public health
Legislation
Child Poverty Bill 2008-09 to 2009-10
Link
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