Children, Schools and Families - Minutes of Evidence

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 9 June 2008.

Oral evidence

Taken before the Children, Schools and Families Committee

on Monday 9 June 2008

Members present:

Mr Barry Sheerman, in the Chair

Annette Brooke	Fiona Mactaggart
Mr David Chaytor	Mr Graham Stuart
Mr John Heppell	Lynda Waltho
Paul Holmes

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CONTENTS

Witnesses: Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP, Minister for Children, Young People and Families, Rt Hon James Purnell MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, and Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP, Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform, gave evidence.

Question Numbers

1-19

20-39

40-59

60-79

80-82

Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Child Poverty Unit, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)

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Prepared 17 July 2008