Child Poverty: Nuffield Foundation Review Debate
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Baroness Janke
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(3 years, 1 month ago)
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Baroness Stedman-Scott (Con)
Yes, they have: they have had to take difficult decisions to stabilise the economy and build a welfare system that works for those who use it as well as those who pay for it. I can say only that I will meet the right reverend Prelate, and I am happy for the noble Baroness to join us. We will see what comes from that conversation.
Baroness Janke (LD)
My Lords, the children’s commissioners of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland state that the two-child limit is a clear breach of children’s human rights. Will the Government act on this, or continue to sweep aside widespread evidence that this vicious policy is increasing poverty and damaging children?
Baroness Stedman-Scott (Con)
I can add nothing to the answers I have already given. The Government have no plans to change the policy.