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HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who has a long-standing commitment to tackling child poverty. It was clear through the strategy that lifting the two-child limit is the single…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyYes, of course I would be happy to discuss this further with my hon. Friend. She is absolutely right that child poverty does not just have a deep and lasting impact on the…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyYes. Through the strategy, we are taking action on the unacceptably high number of people living in temporary accommodation that we inherited from the party opposite. We have made…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyIt was wonderful to visit a breakfast club in my hon. Friend’s constituency recently to see the difference it will make to children’s outcomes. The evidence is clear about the…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyI am grateful for everything my hon. Friend has done over many years to campaign on both child poverty and housing. We have announced an ambition to cut the number of school days…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyWe know that children who are hungry or living in temporary accommodation are not in a position to learn effectively, and that has a long-term impact, including on teachers and…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyMy hon. Friend has always stood up for children in his community. It is through his election to this place, and the election of a Labour Government, that by the end of this…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyI agree absolutely. That is why we are taking action to bring those numbers down, to build more social and affordable homes, and to give parents and young people the skills that…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyImportant safeguards currently exist within the system to ensure that vulnerable migrant children are protected. I will ensure that my hon. Friend gets the meeting with the…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyI know that my hon. Friend cares passionately about ensuring that we have good routes into careers through technical and vocational education, and more apprenticeships for young…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyMy hon. Friend is right that too often children have been used as pawns in a political game, using political dividing lines, where the evidence simply does not back up what the…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyIt is an investment in our children, their futures and our society and economy. The strategy addresses some of the big challenges that we see, and sets out the important ways that…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyBy rolling out breakfast clubs, expanding free school meals, expanding childcare and much more besides, this Labour Government back families and back children to succeed. We will…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyYes. The taskforce heard evidence from faith communities, churches and others about what they are seeking to do to support families. I commend the amazing volunteers and those who…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyThe Conservative party, as they have done over many years, since they introduced many of the punishing changes around social security, are using our children as pawns to make a…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyWe have worked with Governments rights across the UK in the development of the strategy, but my hon. Friend is right to highlight the shocking and appalling legacy of years of SNP…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyI am grateful to my hon. Friend for all that he has done over many years to champion children’s life chances and to tackle child poverty. No child should suffer the consequences…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyThis is an enormous challenge, as my hon. Friend identifies. We announced a clear pledge to prevent deaths caused by gaps in healthcare. We know some of the terrible outcomes for…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyWith permission, I will make a statement on the Government’s child poverty strategy. Tackling child poverty is a proud Labour tradition. It goes to the heart of the values we have…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyThe shadow Secretary of State started by saying that none of us wants children to grow up in poverty. We, as the party in Government, will lift children out of poverty. The…08 Dec 2025