Child Poverty

Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury Excerpts

Thursday 25th June 2015 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Evans of Bowes Park]

I thank the right reverend Prelate for his question. He can be assured that we take extremely seriously the issues that he raised. I also pay tribute to the great work that the churches do in providing support to the people who need it most.

[Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury (Con)]

Bearing in mind the importance of the policy on welfare, is the Minister able to tell the House what the policies on welfare are of the party opposite?

[Baroness Evans of Bowes Park]

We are making sure that the welfare system rewards a willingness to work, and of course one of the key reforms of the Government is the implementation of universal credit, which will make sure that people are always better off by taking on more work. We also have our Work Programme, the largest programme to get people into work since the 1930s.