Cost of Living: Low Income Families with Children Debate

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Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Cost of Living: Low Income Families with Children

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Excerpts
Wednesday 13th July 2022

(2 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Stedman-Scott Portrait Baroness Stedman-Scott (Con)
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It is correct that the household support fund has been extended until March 2023. The Government have kept it under review and extended it where possible and appropriate. The guidance for the household support fund is being written, and there will be a heavy emphasis on one-third of that money going to families with children.

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Portrait Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab)
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My Lords, the Minister has a good heart. She says that she has a range of options which the Government are keeping under review. Can she share with the House which of those options she would like to see implemented?