Women and the Cost of Living Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Women and the Cost of Living

Bernard Jenkin Excerpts
Tuesday 19th November 2013

(11 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Gloria De Piero Portrait Gloria De Piero
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That provides extraordinary evidence of why freezing energy bills is so important.

Netmums found that one in five mums are regularly missing meals so that their kids can eat. One mum said:

“If it’s a choice between me or the kids eating, I will feed them. I have lost so much weight my clothes don’t fit but I can’t afford to buy any more.”

This is Tory Britain.

Bernard Jenkin Portrait Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex) (Con)
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The hon. Lady is making a powerful speech, and we should all be concerned about the issues she raises, but will she reflect on the fact that it was the last Labour Government who piled the green levies on our energy bills, which are now hitting women harder than men?