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Scheduled Event - Monday 29th April
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Lords - Short debate - Main Chamber
Addressing the root causes of child poverty in the UK
MP: Lord Bird
Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Ethnicity Pay Gap

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Social Housing: Right-to-buy Sales

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Household Support Fund: Children’s Bed Poverty

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Mar 2024
Gaza: Hunger Alleviation

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Mar 2024
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2024

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Mar 2024
Spring Budget 2024

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Bill
Ministry for Poverty Prevention Bill [HL] 2023-24
Presented by Lord Bird (Crossbench)
Private Members' Bill (Starting in the House of Lords)
Summary

A Bill to make provision for establishing a new government Ministry, the Ministry for Poverty Prevention; to make provision for the objectives and powers of that Ministry; to make provision that the Ministry can only be abolished or combined with another department by an Act of Parliament; to make provision for reporting requirements on the Ministry’s work; to make provision for a power to create binding poverty reduction targets; and for connected purposes.


Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 11 Mar 2024
Prioritising Early Childhood: Academy of Medical Sciences Report

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Police Recruitment: Reform

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