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Child Poverty Bill

I agree with the noble Baronesses, Lady Walmsley and Lady Hollis. I wonder whether the noble Lord, Lord Freud, has read the report issued two years ago by the Children’s Commissioners of all four nations. I found it very interesting. Sometimes one would think that all children are desperately unhappy, not able to get out of bed and committing crimes all over the place. That report, which was very balanced, gave the views of children. It talked about what they found wrong with living in their particular countries, but also what was right. The issue of what was right is very significant because they felt that a considerable amount was. From that, one would not have thought that we were at the bottom of every league table. I am a trustee of UNICEF and welcome its reports, but from listening to children, one would not think that we are as desperate as we seem to be in that report.