"I have given way a lot, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I am worried that you will be quite cross with me if I keep giving way, so I will make progress...." Alison McGovern - View Speech
"The hon. Gentleman is not the only person who worries about it, and I will receive his intervention as a submission to the child poverty taskforce.
The child poverty taskforce is looking at all the levers we can pull—across income, costs, debt and local support—to prevent poverty, including social security …..." Alison McGovern - View Speech
The official Opposition’s motion speaks of a “benefits culture”. I simply ask them this: who made that culture happen? Who was in charge for the past decade and a half? Either the last Tory Government were powerless to stop that culture …..." Alison McGovern - View Speech
"I do not believe for a moment that it is just people in the Labour party who care about poverty in this country. Former Conservative Members of this House who were discharged from their duties by previous Prime Ministers, and many other Members of different parties over many years, have …..." Alison McGovern - View Speech
"I will come to the two-child limit in a moment, but let me correct the right hon. Gentleman: the issue then was Members voting to amend the King’s Speech.
From the word go on taking office, the Prime Minister wasted no time in setting up the taskforce of Ministers to …..." Alison McGovern - View Speech
"I will ask the Minister with responsibility for family hubs to write directly to the hon. Gentleman and work with him on that suggestion.
From the word go on taking office, the Prime Minister wasted no time in setting up the taskforce of Ministers to analyse the situation for our …..." Alison McGovern - View Speech
"I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that lengthy intervention. I deeply regret that he does not feel the need to look his own record in the face and, more than anything, that he has nothing to say to the 4.5 million children in this country without the means to …..." Alison McGovern - View Speech
All the young people who spoke to the commissioner could not have been clearer about the challenge of learning in overcrowded bedrooms. They were clear and direct about the shame of not always being able to keep clean because of a lack of …..." Alison McGovern - View Speech