Benefit Reforms - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 11:29 am on 10 January 2019.

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Photo of The Bishop of Gloucester The Bishop of Gloucester Bishop 11:29, 10 January 2019

I thank the Minister for her Answer and I am grateful for recent engagement with faith and other groups on this issue, but the Government’s own statistics show that child poverty is rising among families with more than two children, even when those families have an adult in work. One of the principal drivers of this increase is the Government’s two-child limit, which makes it harder for parents of more than two children to work their way out of poverty, contrary to the aims of universal credit. In light of this evidence, will the Government reconsider that two-child policy?