Does the hon. Gentleman accept that, in about 1980, about one in three children were growing up in poverty, compared with just under one in five now? By any standard, a society with a third of its children growing up in poverty is much more dysfunctional.
Child Poverty Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Sally Keeble
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 9 December 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Child Poverty Bill.
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