Child Poverty Bill

Before the noble Lord sits down—I apologise for interrupting him—I want to place on record that the Government do not accept the juxtaposition that he made of the £19 billion on the one hand and the £80 million programme on the other. This figure of £19 billion was an IFS suggestion of the cost if these issues were dealt with by income transfers. It did not recommend that as the route forward and neither do the Government. That needs to be done on a more sustainable basis, including the sorts of programmes that are tackling the challenges that the noble Lord rightly raised. He has made a forced comparison on that. I want to make that clear on the record.