Member

That said, in the spirit of compromise, I concede that non-statutory targets would be better than no targets at all. I therefore propose that, at the very least, the baseline report promised by the summer should include the kind of aspirational yet achievable targets and milestones called for by civil society and academics. Without these, a claim for an ambitious child poverty strategy will not carry the force it deserves. Although my noble friend the Minister may not be able to commit the Government to this today, will she take this proposal back to the child poverty team responsible for drawing up the baseline report?