Over the entire period of the Labour Government, pensioner and child poverty were lower than they were in 1997. If the hon. Gentleman examines the records from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, he will see that that is clearly the case.
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
William Bain
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 1 April 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance (No. 2) Bill.
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