Married Couples Allowance

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 10 May 2001.

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Photo of Dawn Primarolo Dawn Primarolo Paymaster General (HM Treasury) 11:30, 10 May 2001

I understand that this will be my hon. Friend's last appearance in this House as he takes up his full duties in the Scottish Parliament. His campaigning for the Government to tackle child poverty is well known. He has made a substantial contribution to the development of the policies on the working families tax credit, the increase in child benefit and the increase in income support levels. Those policies have ensured that the Government have already lifted 1.2 million children out of poverty, and intend in the next Parliament to lift another 1 million children out of poverty.