Oral QuestionDepartment 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

LabourMitcham 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.