Child Poverty Debate

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Tuesday 14th May 2013

(11 years, 7 months ago)

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We have just had a Labour question, so it is this side.

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Is the Minister aware that child poverty and poverty generally are not evenly spread across the United Kingdom? We have areas that are totally desperate. For instance, the south Wales valleys have twice the level of poverty than other places in the UK. What are the Minister and the Government doing to bridge that gap and somehow even out the issue of child poverty and other poverty in the United Kingdom?

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