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

My Lords, I am moving Amendment 30 in order to give us the opportunity to highlight the importance of enterprise in empowering people to return to work and the role that the Government can play in encouraging and supporting those seeking to return to work. This recession has sent thousands into unemployment, putting children in those affected households at risk of being brought into poverty and deprivation as one or more of their parents is unable to find work. There is general agreement about work being at the heart of any permanent route out of poverty, which the Government’s IFS report noted. It said, quite categorically, that—

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 716 c279GC
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: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Child Poverty Bill

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