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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 noble Lords for their indulgence in allowing me to pull up this one issue. If the Minister had had more time, he would have been more expansive when we discussed it last month. The amendment seeks to concentrate on the collection of statistics on marriage. As I say, the reference to ““marital status”” was abandoned on government forms in 2005. It is not a difficult statistic to collect—we have collected it, I suspect, for hundreds of years—and it has only recently been stopped. The amendment is designed to allow the statistics to be collected again.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
717 c128GC 
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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