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Child Poverty Act 2010

A Bill to set targets relating to the eradication of child poverty, and to make other provision about child poverty.

Now an Act of Parliament

The story so farThe Child Poverty Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 11 June 2009 by Stephen Timms (Labour). It completed its passage through Parliament and became law as the Child Poverty Act 2010, receiving Royal Assent on 25 March 2010.

What the bill does

<p>The Bill would provide a statutory basis to the commitment made by the Government in 1999 to eradicate child poverty by 2020. Its stated purpose is to give new impetus to the Government&rsquo;s commitment, and to drive action across departments. It also aims to define success in eradicating child poverty and create a framework to monitor progress at a national and local level.</p><p><strong>Key areas</strong></p><ul><li>places a duty on the Secretary of State to meet four United Kingdom-wide poverty targets by the end of the financial year 2020</li><li>requires the UK Government to publish a regular UK child poverty strategy</li><li>requires the Scottish and Northern Irish Ministers to publish child poverty strategies</li><li>establishes a Child Poverty Commission to provide advice</li><li>requires the UK Government to publish annual progress reports</li><li>places new duties on local authorities and other delivery partners in England to work together to tackle child poverty. <br></li></ul>

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 11 Jun 2009
  2. 2nd reading Commons 20 Jul 2009
  3. Programme motion Commons 20 Jul 2009
  4. Money resolution Commons 20 Jul 2009
  5. Carry-over motion Commons 20 Jul 2009
  6. Committee stage Commons 20 Oct to 3 Nov 2009
  7. 1st reading Commons 19 Nov 2009
  8. 2nd reading Commons 19 Nov 2009
  9. Report stage Commons 9 Dec 2009
  10. 3rd reading Commons 9 Dec 2009
  11. 1st reading Lords 10 Dec 2009
  12. 2nd reading Lords 5 Jan 2010
  13. Committee stage Lords 19 Jan to 8 Feb 2010
  14. Report stage Lords 9 Mar 2010
  15. 3rd reading Lords 17 Mar 2010
  16. Consideration of Lords amendments Commons 22 Mar 2010
  17. Programme motion Commons 22 Mar 2010
  18. Royal Assent Unassigned 25 Mar 2010

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 3 Nov 2010.