Debates between Wes Streeting and Chris Elmore during the 2019-2024 Parliament

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Debate between Wes Streeting and Chris Elmore
Monday 25th January 2021

(3 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Wes Streeting Portrait Wes Streeting (Ilford North) (Lab)
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What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on trends in the level of child poverty.

Chris Elmore Portrait Chris Elmore (Ogmore) (Lab)
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What assessment she had made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on trends in the level of child poverty.

Will Quince Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Will Quince)
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Her Majesty’s Treasury’s analysis has shown that the Government’s comprehensive £280 billion response to the pandemic, including a temporary and emergency £6 billion increase to welfare support specifically designed to help low-income families, has supported the poorest working households the most, with the poorest 10% of working households seeing no income reduction.

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