Human Rights Joint Committee - Twenty-Eighth Report
Legislative Scrutiny: Child Poverty Bill.

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 10 November 2009.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

Government Bills

1  Child Poverty Bill

Background

Giving legal effect to economic and social rights

Purposes and effect of the Bill

Explanatory Notes

Relevant human rights standards

Significant human rights issues

(1) Effectiveness of the Bill's mechanism for progressive realisation

(2) Differential treatment of children not in "qualifying households"

(3) Duty to consult children

(4) Human rights based strategy for poverty reduction

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

List of written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Written Evidence

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Prepared 26 November 2009