Oral Question·Department for Education
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 25 November 2025Answered: 1 December 2025
Asked by
Tom Rutland
Labour — East Worthing and Shoreham
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
Bridget Phillipson
The Conservatives might not be serious about tackling child poverty, but the Labour party is and always has been. This Government will lift 450,000 children out of poverty, alongside other measures such as Best Start family hubs, expanding childcare and new free breakfast clubs— [ Interruption. ]