Food Banks - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:29 pm on 1 May 2019.

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Photo of Baroness Lister of Burtersett Baroness Lister of Burtersett Labour 3:29, 1 May 2019

My Lords, according to the Trussell Trust, the main reason for people needing emergency food help is that benefits are consistently not covering the cost of living. A key reason for this is the four-year freeze. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury says, “Don’t worry, the Government are moving on from the freeze as it ends next year”. However, hungry claimants, in or out of work, cannot move on from the permanent effect of a significant real cut in their benefit. Will the Government therefore now reverse and make good the freeze, as a matter of urgency?