Oral QuestionNorthern Ireland Office

What steps the Government is taking to help ensure the continued availability of veterinary medicines in Northern Ireland beyond 2025.

Tabled: 20 February 2024Answered: 28 February 2024

Asked by

Dame Nia Griffith

LabourLlanelli

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Answer from Hansard

The Minister without Portfolio (Ellie Reeves)

It is shameful that child poverty increased by 700,000 under the last Government. Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission. The child poverty taskforce, which I sit on, will publish its strategy in the spring. Increasing the number of parents who are working, and their earnings and hours, plays a crucial role and that is why our plans to get Britain working and the Employment Rights Bill are important in tackling the scourge of child poverty.