Oral Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 21 February 2024Answered: 27 February 2024
Asked by
Grahame Morris
Labour — Easington
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Education (Bridget Phillipson)
Tackling child poverty is at the heart of our opportunity mission. After a decade of Conservative Government, far too many children are growing up in poverty. It is a scar on our society, a blight on young lives, and the centrepiece of the Conservatives’ shameful legacy. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and I are getting on with the job of chairing the child poverty taskforce, which has started the urgent work needed ahead of the publication of our child poverty strategy in spring 2025.