We have chosen to spend over £3,300 per UK household, on average, on the cost of living support. Putting that into the schemes that are available and targeted at people with low incomes, and indeed at the entire population, is the choice that we have made. To reiterate my earlier point, and since the hon. Member says that I am rattling off the figures, it is worth stressing that we have invested £3,300 per household—a colossal sum of money. That is unprecedented. There has never been a cost of living intervention anywhere of that magnitude, so that must be an important part of the discussion about Healthy Start.
Cost of Living: Healthy Start Scheme
Proceeding contribution from
Neil O'Brien
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 23 May 2023.
It occurred during Debate on Cost of Living: Healthy Start Scheme.
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