Child Poverty Bill: Lords report stage
10 March 2010 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Members of the House of Lords contributed to the report stage examination of the Child Poverty Bill on 9 March.
Clauses 1-26 of the Bill were discussed on issues including the Child Poverty Commission, strategies for tackling child poverty and co-operation to reduce child poverty in local areas.
- Video & Audio: watch the debate on the Child Poverty Bill
- Lords Hansard: read the debate on the Child Poverty Bill
- Lords Divisions Analysis: view the results of the first vote on the Child Poverty Bill
- Lords Divisions Analysis: view the results of the second vote on the Child Poverty Bill
Third reading - the final tidying up of the Bill in the Lords - takes place on 17 March.
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