Proceeding contribution from Glenda Jackson (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 30 November 2011. It occurred during Opposition day on Living Standards.

Living Standards

I find it absolutely incomprehensible that the Secretary of State is able to discard the real pain that is now being suffered by children because of his Government's bizarre choices based on the argument that they are going to become adults and will then have to pay further down the line. Is he really equating the possibility of a child losing its home, its school, its friends, its family, its support system, and watching its parents having to give up work because they cannot afford child care, with what is going to happen further down the road? That is bizarre.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 536 c992-3
Session: 2010-12
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Children Disadvantaged Benefits rules Women Families Economic situation Personal income Low incomes Poverty Public expenditure Low pay Public finance Welfare tax credits Taxation Unemployment Standard of living Cuts
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Living Standards

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