My Lords, if the Minister will allow me to say this, he is misrepresenting the statistics. It may be a statement about children in poverty, but in particular the number of lone parents in that period who were in work went up from barely 50% to some 65%. Therefore, tax credits made work pay for them.
Welfare Reform and Work Bill
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Baroness Hollis of Heigham
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 25 January 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Welfare Reform and Work Bill.
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