Spending Review Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Spending Review

Julie Hilling Excerpts
Wednesday 26th June 2013

(10 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. There are still a lot of colleagues standing. May I please ask colleagues now to put a single-sentence question, without preamble—in other words, a genuine short question, which I know will be accommodated by the Chancellor with a short reply?

Julie Hilling Portrait Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab)
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With 300,000 more children in absolute poverty, how many more will be in poverty by 2015?

George Osborne Portrait Mr Osborne
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Child poverty projections are made independently, but I say to the hon. Lady that we are doing everything we can to give children from poorer backgrounds the very best start in life, with measures such as the pupil premium.