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Debate between Louise Haigh and Rupa Huq
Monday 11th February 2019

(5 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Louise Haigh Portrait Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab)
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12. What recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of in-work poverty.

Rupa Huq Portrait Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton) (Lab)
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19. What recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of in-work poverty.

Justin Tomlinson Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Justin Tomlinson)
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There is clear evidence that work offers people the best opportunity to get out of poverty. A working-age adult living in a household where every adult is working is about six times less likely to be in relative poverty than one living in a household where nobody works.

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