Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to take forward plans to introduce a children's wellbeing bill as mentioned in the King's Speech; and if so, what steps they are taking to include measures to end child poverty in a given timeframe.

The Children’s Wellbeing Bill will support this government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity by ensuring our education and children’s social care systems are set-up to transform life chances for millions of children and young people in England.

In accordance with the King’s Speech, we intend to legislate to support families with the cost of school, including by capping the number of expensive branded items of uniform that schools can require and introducing free breakfast clubs in every primary school. The precise content of the Bill will be confirmed upon the Bill’s introduction, which will be as soon as parliamentary time allows.