Proceeding contribution from Fiona Mactaggart (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 8 March 2012. It occurred during Topical debate and Backbench debate on International Women's Day.
International Women's Day
I am old enough to remember the invention of child benefit. It ended a child tax allowance system that advantaged the richest more. The great thing about child benefit is that it says that all of us are responsible for children. It ought to be universal. It is, in effect, a tax allowance for children. It is quite wrong to suggest that it is a benefit from which richer people should be exempted. Everyone who has children should be responsible for them.
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- 541 c1045
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- 2010-12
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Child benefit Development aid Women Housing benefit Equality Families Domestic abuse Gender Discrimination Forced marriage Poverty Welfare tax credits Reform Rural areas Stalking International Women's Day Forced marriage protection orders
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