Clause 9

Part of Welfare Reform Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 9:15 am on 31 March 2011.

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Photo of Sarah Newton Sarah Newton Conservative, Truro and Falmouth 9:15, 31 March 2011

This is an incredibly important debate, but I wonder whether this is the appropriate forum for it. The hon. Lady is asking what a living wage and an acceptable standard of  living are in Britain, a civilised society, today. Does she agree that it would be more appropriate to address the issue through the work of the Cabinet Office under the Prime Minister’s leadership on well-being and measures of well-being in our society? It is an evolving agenda that is still being developed by academics and people working in this field, so we should be continuing the debate in that context, rather than in this Bill Committee.