§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department is taking to achieve the Government's targets of(a) ending child poverty by 2020, (b) halving it by 2010 and (c) reducing it by a quarter by 2004–05; and if she will make a statement. [154368]
§ Alun MichaelI refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr. Pond) on 12 February 2004,Official Report, column 1590W.