Social Security System: Rising Cost of Living Debate

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Lord Bird Portrait Lord Bird (CB)
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Is the Minister aware that 50% of people presenting in hospitals with cardiac arrest and so on are in food poverty?

Baroness Stedman-Scott Portrait Baroness Stedman-Scott (Con)
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I was not aware of that fact—that a lot of people who come to hospitals with cardiac arrest are in food poverty. That needs to be referred to the Department of Health to get a more detailed answer.

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