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Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill

Proceeding contribution from Luciana Berger (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 8 January 2013. It occurred during Debate on bills on Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill.

The Secretary of State has used the word “denial” twice. In previous Budgets and autumn statements, the Government talked about and acknowledged measured child poverty. However, in the most recent autumn statement and in the Bill, there is no mention of child poverty. Will he admit that under these plans child poverty in our country will go up and that that will come at a cost to us all?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
556 c196 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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