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Proceeding contribution from Lord Freud (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 27 January 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Child Poverty Bill.


Child Poverty Bill

The Minister will expect me to make an observation on that, and I thank him for giving way. Clearly, our policy is not to give a full transferable at any particular rate; it says we will recognise marriage in the tax system. However, we also have a commitment to get rid of the difference in the tax credits system, which is much more material. There has been a lot of mealy-mouthed use of the word "correlation" in this Committee, rather than "causation". The Government like the word "correlation". I went to find what the causation effects are in terms of the effect on poverty of marital splits. This is not the worst type of split—


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
716 c379GC 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Children Disadvantaged Carers Costs Finance Families Foster care Education Grandparents Free school meals Local government Low incomes Parents Poverty Nutrition Primary education Mental health Social security benefits Welfare tax credits Secondary education
Legislation
Child Poverty Bill 2008-09 to 2009-10
Link
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