Rushanara Ali: The End Child Poverty coalition recently found that almost half of all children in my constituency now live in poverty. Of the 2.6 million children living in poverty across the UK, two thirds rely on tax credits and in-work benefits. How does the Minister square that with the recent changes to benefits, which are going to make matters worse, and is he today redefining poverty?
Iain Duncan Smith: I am interested in the hon. Lady’s question because in the report Alan Milburn brought out as part of his commission he recommended that we should “supplement the existing child poverty targets with new measures to give a more rounded picture of those in poverty”, and I agree with that. That is what we have set out to do. We took a consultation, and we are now considering that...
Peter Hain: Will the right hon. Gentleman accept that children are also being pushed into poverty because his Department is not pursuing errant non-resident fathers vigorously enough? As he knows, my constituent Lisa Jones, a hard-working single mother, has been totally frustrated by the lackadaisical attitude of the Child Support Agency in tracking down the father, despite knowing his mother’s...