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Monday 21st May 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alok Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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As I said in response to the hon. Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist), the aim of this policy is to strike the right balance between support for claimants and fairness to taxpayers, but of course we do have exceptions in place, quite rightly.

David Linden Portrait David Linden (Glasgow East) (SNP)
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When the Government came up with their two-child policy, did they seek any guidance or advice from China about its one-child policy?

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I will just report that we have exceptions in place and of course this policy is ultimately about being fair both to claimants and to taxpayers.

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