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Proceeding contribution from Lord Touhig (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 20 October 2010. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Comprehensive Spending Review.

Comprehensive Spending Review

My Lords, the noble Lord said that fairness is important to his Budget. He went on to say that a civilised society protected the most vulnerable. Yet in 21st-century Britain 30 per cent of disabled people live below the poverty line. What specific measures are proposed in this spending review to reverse that and to give some fairness and justice to the most vulnerable in our society?

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Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
721 c858 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Child tax credit Child benefit Counter-terrorism Disadvantaged Defence BBC Age Banks Capital investment Development aid Civil list Housing benefit Government departments Equitable Life Assurance Society NHS Pensioners Northern Ireland Police Pre-school education Local government finance Workplace pensions Public sector Public expenditure Pupils Railways Redundancy Public finance Public sector debt Scotland Social security benefits Welfare tax credits State retirement pensions Working tax credit Schools Wales Social rented housing Roads Taxation Retirement Science Security of tenure S4C BBC World Service Cuts Employment and support allowance Presbyterian Mutual Society Bank levy Green Investment Bank BBC Monitoring Pupil premium
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