Child Poverty Bill

On a point of clarity, the Government would agree with much of what the noble Lord has just said. The point at issue is whether the measure that he has proposed for measuring another target is a meaningful one. In a sense, that is related to the policies that flow from the strategy, but that is the particular issue before us. We have common cause on issues around support and investing to challenge poverty; when we get into the detail of the strategies at local level as well as nationally, some differences in policy arise, but when it comes to seeking to achieve that, we agree. The Government’s point is that the measure that the noble Lord seeks to have in the Bill does not add anything that aids that process.