UK Parliament / Open data

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

I shall help the hon. Gentleman out a little. Does he accept that the cuts to tax credits are going to have a disproportionate effect on women? The Fawcett Society says that the freeze in working-age benefits will disproportionately affect women, with one fifth of women’s incomes coming in benefits compared with one tenth of men’s.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
598 c397 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Back to top