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Debate on Thursday, 10 June 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Grayling. The answering member was Helen Goodman.

Tackling Poverty in the UK

Debate on a motion that this House has considered the matter of tackling poverty in the UK.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
511 c485-570 
Session
2010-12
Department
Department for Work and Pensions
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 511 c500 (Link to this contribution) Order. Just before we move on, may I point out that Mr Speaker has stated that Back Benchers will be...
Lisa Nandy | 511 c535-7 (Link to this contribution) It is a real privilege to follow the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington (Chris White), whom I co...
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Pauline Latham | 511 c537-9 (Link to this contribution) Guess what? I, too, would like to congratulate you, Madam Deputy Speaker, on your new role. I also c...
Chris Williamson | 511 c539-41 (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate you, Madam Deputy Speaker, on your elevation to your new role. I am sure that y...
Yvette Cooper | 511 c566 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the hon. Lady to her position. I am sure that she will do some very important work in the ...
Bob Russell | 511 c485 (Link to this contribution) A debate on child poverty, which I introduced, was held yesterday in Westminster Hall. Will the Mini...
Lord Grayling | 511 c485 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That this House has considered the matter of tackling poverty in the UK." Helping pe...
Karen Buck | 511 c487-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way again. To approach the question that I asked earlier...
Lord Grayling | 511 c487 (Link to this contribution) We have to look at this in a far more three-dimensional way. It is about changing educational achiev...
Lord Grayling | 511 c488 (Link to this contribution) We should always seek to learn from the past. We will seek not to make the mistakes of the past 10 y...
Lord Grayling | 511 c486-7 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady has extremely extensive experience of these matters and she is absolutely right. We re...
Karen Buck | 511 c487 (Link to this contribution) As a resident of Queens Park, this is an opportune moment to seek to intervene. On the issue of hea...
Lord Grayling | 511 c487 (Link to this contribution) Of course, we have not been in office since 1997. One of the tragedies of the past 13 years is seein...
Mark Tami | 511 c487 (Link to this contribution) What are the right hon. Gentleman's views on the comments made earlier by the Under-Secretary of Sta...
Mark Tami | 511 c486 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister agree that one form of poverty that is little mentioned is poverty of aspiration f...
Lord Grayling | 511 c486 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right. What he says about higher education is one reason why I am proud that t...
Kate Green | 511 c486 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister agree that evidence also shows that children from the poorest families are unable ...
Lord Grayling | 511 c492 (Link to this contribution) First, I congratulate the hon. Lady on her election to the Chair of the Select Committee on Work and...
Anne Begg | 511 c492 (Link to this contribution) How will the Minister encourage employers to employ people with mental health problems when the stig...
Kate Green | 511 c492 (Link to this contribution) Many disabled people would welcome the opportunity to be in paid employment. What efforts are being ...
Lord Grayling | 511 c492 (Link to this contribution) That is an important point. We must encourage and work with employers, and we should start at home. ...
Richard Graham | 511 c489 (Link to this contribution) Further to the Secretary of State's comments on the balance between work and benefits, will he take ...
Lord Grayling | 511 c489-92 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. We have to make sure that people benefit financially from going back to wor...
Kate Green | 511 c489 (Link to this contribution) I agree strongly with the Secretary of State that leading people to, and enabling them to sustain, w...
Lord Grayling | 511 c489 (Link to this contribution) I am not going to announce the Budget today, but it will remain a Government commitment to provide a...
Andrew Murrison | 511 c488 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is speaking very well about the inequalities between rich and poor, mainly in a...
Lord Grayling | 511 c488-9 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. As we prepare the work programme, I shall seek to ensure that...
Iain Duncan Smith | 511 c496 (Link to this contribution) May I, for the record, ensure that the hon. Lady understands that there is no such halt? We are comm...
Helen Goodman | 511 c494-5 (Link to this contribution) Thank you very much indeed, Mr Deputy Speaker. May I say what a pleasure it is to see you in the Cha...
Lord Grayling | 511 c492-4 (Link to this contribution) Remploy does some very good work. We have been in office only three weeks, so there is still a lot o...
Helen Goodman | 511 c495 (Link to this contribution) The latest year for which we have figures is 2008-09, and the hon. Gentleman must take account of th...
Bob Russell | 511 c495 (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Lady aware of early-day motions 61 and 62? The first is on the Joseph Rowntree Foundatio...
Helen Goodman | 511 c495 (Link to this contribution) No, I do not suggest that at all. I suggest that those statistics are selective and that, if we take...
Bob Russell | 511 c495 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady suggests that the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Fabian Society and the Webb Memorial...
Helen Goodman | 511 c495-6 (Link to this contribution) That is the big worry, and if even Government Back Benchers can see it, I hope that Government Front...
Mark Tami | 511 c495 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend express a view on the comments of the Under-Secretary of State for Communities a...
Lord Cryer | 511 c492 (Link to this contribution) Can the Minister explain what the future holds for Remploy?
Richard Graham | 511 c496 (Link to this contribution) In my constituency and around the county of Gloucestershire, the three credit unions that still exis...
Helen Goodman | 511 c496 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether my experience in my constituency has been exactly the same as that of my right...
Lord Field of Birkenhead | 511 c496 (Link to this contribution) Has my hon. Friend had the same experience as I have in my constituency, where the Financial Service...
Helen Goodman | 511 c496 (Link to this contribution) That is absolutely right. It is vital that we prevent the poorest people from being exploited in the...
Kate Green | 511 c498 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend confirm that the Child Poverty Act has provided for the relative poverty measure...
Helen Goodman | 511 c497-8 (Link to this contribution) I suggest that the hon. Gentleman look at the Child Poverty Act 2010, in which we extended the eligi...
Bob Russell | 511 c497 (Link to this contribution) I have considerable sympathy with the hon. Lady's point, but I have to tell her—I researched this fo...
Helen Goodman | 511 c496-7 (Link to this contribution) I am of course interested to hear about what is going on in Gloucestershire. I do not know whether D...
Mark Tami | 511 c496 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that it is very important that we keep that support for credit unions, bec...
Helen Goodman | 511 c496 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention. The Minister talked about the impo...
Helen Goodman | 511 c500 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I hope that what the Mayor of London has done is not a precu...
Karen Buck | 511 c500 (Link to this contribution) Was my hon. Friend surprised that the Minister made no mention of child care, which is critical to e...
Helen Goodman | 511 c499 (Link to this contribution) I will, because I would like my right hon. Friend to answer two questions. Is the purpose of moving ...
Helen Goodman | 511 c500 (Link to this contribution) I think my right hon. Friend ignores the fact that it is less than three months since the Child Pove...
Lord Field of Birkenhead | 511 c499-500 (Link to this contribution) I am disappointed that my hon. Friend does not know the Labour Government's record better. If she ex...
Helen Goodman | 511 c498 (Link to this contribution) I certainly do; my hon. Friend anticipates one of the points that I was going to make. As I was say...
Helen Goodman | 511 c498-9 (Link to this contribution) Of course Members from the coalition parties could be elected in those areas, given that they did no...
Lord Grayling | 511 c498 (Link to this contribution) May I point out to the hon. Lady how proud I am to have many new colleagues on our Benches from the ...
Anne Begg | 511 c512-5 (Link to this contribution) Let me begin, Mr. Deputy Speaker, by welcoming you to your new position in the Chair. I noticed a gl...
Chris Skidmore | 511 c529-31 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to make my maiden speech. I congratulate you on you...
Teresa Pearce | 511 c531-3 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the House and to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing me this opportunity to spe...
Chris White | 511 c534-5 (Link to this contribution) Thank you for calling me, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate you on your new post, and I congratul...
Maria Miller | 511 c566-70 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry, but I cannot. I hope that the hon. Lady will forgive me, but I need to comment on a numb...
Tracey Crouch | 511 c515-7 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to make my maiden speech during this ver...
Andrew Griffiths | 511 c510-2 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak in today's debate. It is a plea...
Gregg McClymont | 511 c508-10 (Link to this contribution) May I add my congratulations on your election, Mr Deputy Speaker? I noticed that you have the "Direc...
Andrew Percy | 511 c500-3 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to catch your eye so early in this debate. It is a ple...
Liz Kendall | 511 c503-5 (Link to this contribution) I welcome you to your new position, Mr Deputy Speaker, and I thank you for giving me the opportunity...
Harriett Baldwin | 511 c505-8 (Link to this contribution) May I, too, welcome you to the Chair, Mr Deputy Speaker? It is a privilege to speak in this importan...
Justin Tomlinson | 511 c541-4 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to make my maiden speech. Although w...
Craig Whittaker | 511 c546-8 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I join all colleagues who have spoken this afternoon in welcomi...
David Nuttall | 511 c550-2 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate you, Mr Deputy Speaker, on your election to your post, and I am grateful to you for c...
Mary MacLeod | 511 c548-50 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome you to your new role, Mr Deputy Speaker, and thank you for coming to speak to me pri...
David Mowat | 511 c520-2 (Link to this contribution) It is a particular honour to be following the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr Field) in a debat...
Yvonne Fovargue | 511 c527-9 (Link to this contribution) Thank you for calling me, Madam Deputy Speaker, and congratulations on your election. I congratulat...
Louise Mensch | 511 c525-7 (Link to this contribution) Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker, and may I welcome you to your place? I am much in favour ...
Jessica Lee | 511 c560-2 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for inviting me to give my maiden speech this afternoon. It is perhaps...
Claire O'Neill | 511 c555-7 (Link to this contribution) Thank you for calling me to speak, Mr Deputy Speaker. May I congratulate you on your election? Havin...
Marcus Jones | 511 c552-5 (Link to this contribution) I welcome you, Mr Deputy Speaker, to your new role, and I thank you for allowing me the opportunity ...
George Hollingbery | 511 c557-60 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to make my maiden speech today. I welcome you to your ...
Lord Field of Birkenhead | 511 c519-20 (Link to this contribution) If my hon. Friend had really good sight, he would be able to see that No. 3 on my extensive notes is...
Lord Field of Birkenhead | 511 c519 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to give assurances to my hon. Friend. The law is quite clear about the objectives. I have...
Chris Williamson | 511 c519 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that measures such as the future jobs fund, tax credits and the incr...
Lord Cryer | 511 c522-4 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome you to the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker? I congratulate the hon. Member for Warrington ...
Kate Green | 511 c544-6 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure, Madam Deputy Speaker, to see you in the Chair. It has also been a pleasure this af...
Lord Grayling | 511 c486 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes his point very well and I commend him for the work that he has done to high...
Andrew Percy | 511 c541 (Link to this contribution) We are hearing a lot about history from the hon. Gentleman, but the Labour party does not seem to ha...
Kerry McCarthy | 511 c562 (Link to this contribution) This is my first outing at the Dispatch Box. I know it is customary for Front Benchers to start by s...
Maria Miller | 511 c566 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome you to the Chair, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I was a firm supporter of yours in the recent...
Maria Miller | 511 c566 (Link to this contribution) The shadow Secretary of State fails to point out that the previous Government completely failed to t...
Kerry McCarthy | 511 c562-5 (Link to this contribution) Oh, I wrote it down wrong. It is not my pronunciation that is wrong but my literacy. My hon. Friend ...
Helen Goodman | 511 c518-9 (Link to this contribution) I should like my right hon. Friend to be specific. I am not sure whether we were at cross-purposes e...
Lord Field of Birkenhead | 511 c517-8 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am pleased that you were in the Chair when I rose to speak, even tho...
Chris Williamson | 511 c541 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman ignores the fact that we have just experienced the most significant worldwide rec...
Subjects
Poverty Children Disadvantaged Families Economic situation Low incomes Parents Social security benefits Social security Social conditions
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