Creates a new government Ministry dedicated to poverty prevention with binding poverty reduction targets, mandatory parliamentary oversight, and transparent reporting on all poverty-related spending across government.
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; to make provision for a reporting system for all government spending in relation to poverty; and for connected purposes.
Status: In Progress
Current House: Lords
Stage: 1st reading
Sponsored by: Lord Bird
Introduced: 2025-01-29