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Proceeding contribution from Lord Freud (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 8 February 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Child Poverty Bill.

Child Poverty Bill

I thank the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Hollis, and the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, for their responses. The interesting thing about this area is that the assumption has been exactly the one that the noble Baroness, Lady Hollis, made: people at these income levels are not particularly responsive to financial and economic stimuli. It is rather recently that economists have started to find and argue that the Laffer curve works just as much at the lower-income levels as it has proved to work at the higher levels.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
717 c108GC 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Disability Children Devolved matters Children in care Alcoholic drinks Disadvantaged Costs Cohabitation Employment Families Gambling Drugs Homelessness Ethnic groups Economic situation Free school meals Marriage Northern Ireland Parents Poverty Public consultation Misuse Minority groups Lone parents Scotland Social security benefits Welfare tax credits Wales Registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships Child Poverty Commission
Legislation
Child Poverty Bill 2008-09 to 2009-10
Link
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