This bill requires the Prime Minister to establish a new Ministry for Poverty Prevention with binding poverty reduction targets and annual reporting to Parliament. It can only be abolished by future Acts of Parliament.
A Bill to make provision for establishing a new government Ministry, the Ministry for Poverty Prevention; to make provision for the objectives and powers of that Ministry; to make provision that the Ministry can only be abolished or combined with another department by an Act of Parliament; to make provision for reporting requirements on the Ministry’s work; to make provision for a power to create binding poverty reduction targets; and for connected purposes.
Status: In Progress
Current House: Lords
Stage: 1st reading
Sponsored by: Lord Bird
Introduced: 2024-03-13