§ 13. Dr. PalmerTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the fiscal measures he plans to introduce to relieve child poverty. [141847]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe Government are committed to tackling child poverty. That is why we have set a long-term commitment to halve it within 10 years and to abolish it within a generation.
The Government's tax and benefit reforms are already providing extra support for all families with children, and targeting help on those who need it most. It is estimated that the measures introduced in this Parliament will lift more than one million children out of poverty.