Oral Question·Department for International Development
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 27 February 2020Answered: 4 March 2020
Asked by
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Labour — Mitcham and Morden
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for International Development
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Social Security and Disability (Sir Stephen Timms)
The last Labour Government dramatically reduced child poverty, and we want to repeat their success. The child poverty taskforce is exploring how to harness all available levers, including social security reform, and it will publish its strategy next spring.