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Proceeding contribution from Lord Freud (Conservative) 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 am sorry to come back to this and I thank the noble Lord for giving way again. Under the Bill, the Secretary of State has to set up a strategy to ensure that targets are set, and he has to ensure that children do not experience socio-economic disadvantage. Presumably the group of children suffering socio-economic disadvantage can, as a group, take the Government to judicial review based on the fact that they have been left in social disadvantage. That is how I read the provision. If that is not the case, I do not understand what the Bill is doing; if it is the case, I do not understand exactly how we are going to define in legal terms what is meant by socio-economic disadvantage.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
716 c276GC 
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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