CHILD POVERTY MEASUREMENTS AND TARGETS

Summary

That this House recalls that the Child Poverty Act 2010 was passed with cross-party support; recognises the critical role that the measures and targets in this Act had on monitoring child poverty; notes that the Government's proposal to replace the measurements enshrined in the Act to monitor life chances was opposed by approximately 99 per cent of respondents to the Measuring Child Poverty consultation published in November 2012; further notes that the life chances measurements will not include income indicators of child poverty; believes that these measures fail to measure and tackle child poverty in working households; and calls on the Government to reconsider the replacement of the original measurements and targets.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 15 December 2015

   Early Day Motion

   That this House recalls that the Child Poverty Act 2010 was passed with cross-party support; recognises the critical role that the measures and targets in this Act had on monitoring child poverty; notes that the Government's proposal to replace the measurements enshrined in the Act to monitor life chances was opposed by approximately 99 per cent of respondents to the Measuring Child Poverty consultation published in November 2012; further notes that the life chances measurements will not include income indicators of child poverty; believes that these measures fail to measure and tackle child poverty in working households; and calls on the Government to reconsider the replacement of the original measurements and targets.

   Source: Early Day Motion

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

No documents linked.

Sponsors

• Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick · Social Democratic & Labour Party · Primary sponsor

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.