HC Deb 16 June 1975 vol 893 c361W
Sir George Young

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what evidence she has that failure of the husband to hand over adequate funds to the wife is a significant cause of family poverty.

Mr. O'Malley

I would refer the hon. Member to the evidence given by my Department to the Select Committee on Tax Credits (Cmnd. 341-III, App. 23) in which it was concluded that there was little likelihood of obtaining reliable information on this subject which could be related to families in general.

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