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Commons Chamber
Speaker’s Statement - Wed 24 Apr 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lindsay Hoyle (Spk - Chorley) His sharp intellect and independent spirit made him a formidable campaigner against hunger, food poverty - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Angela Rayner (Lab - Ashton-under-Lyne) He was a tireless campaigner against poverty and a champion for his constituents.Mr Speaker, I know that - Speech Link
2: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) He chaired an all-party parliamentary inquiry 10 years ago on food poverty, and food bank use has increased - Speech Link
3: Oliver Dowden (Con - Hertsmere) The effect of all that is that 1.1 million fewer people are living in absolute poverty than when the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Family Reunion Visas: Gaza - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Con - Life peer) We campaigned for poverty reform with Ruth Lister— the noble Baroness, Lady Lister—the noble Baroness - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
Report stage - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) A significant number live on or near the poverty line and struggle to make ends meet. - Speech Link
2: Caroline Lucas (Green - Brighton, Pavilion) A staggering quarter of renting households are living in fuel poverty today, so urgent action is essential - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Defence Spending - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) Is it not as important to wage war on poverty at home as it is to prepare for war abroad? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
Committee stage part one - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) clarify a number of things.It is true that there are some people who own lease- hold flats who are not poverty - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Partner and Spousal Visas: Minimum Income - Tue 23 Apr 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Paul Blomfield (Lab - Sheffield Central) In the US, it is 125% of federal poverty guidelines, which means in real terms that it is pretty similar - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Debbie Abrahams (Lab - Oldham East and Saddleworth) she accept the overwhelming evidence that current levels of ill health reflect 14 years of escalating poverty - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Household Energy Debt - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) 6 million households in the UK will be in fuel poverty. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) He is right to highlight fuel poverty. - Speech Link
3: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) , with 36% in fuel poverty according to the most recent data. - Speech Link
4: Amanda Solloway (Con - Derby North) He mentioned what it is like to live in fuel poverty. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Personal Independence Payments - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hughes of Stretford (Lab - Life peer) Minister conclude, as I do, that these families would be pushed even further into more severe hardship and poverty - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) policy that they feel it necessary to impose benefits cuts and the threat of sanctions, risking greater poverty - Speech Link