Child Poverty Bill

Part of the debate – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:00 pm on 20 October 2009.

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Fergus Drake: I think that that is one of the things that we are very keen on, in that we are very supportive of the focus in the Bill on local authorities, as I have said already. But we would also be keen that resources are flowing in that direction as well, where there is more emphasis on them to have that focus and that work. Such choices—between the bins or child poverty—are not at the front and centre of what people actually have to allocate resources to.