Ministry for Poverty Prevention Bill [HL]

First Reading 15:49:00 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. Lord Bird (CB): My Lords, I draw Members’ attention to the register. I work in what is called the poverty industry. The Bill was introduced by Lord Bird, read a first time and ordered to be printed.