{"longTitle":"A Bill to set targets relating to the eradication of child poverty, and to make other provision about child poverty.","summary":"<p>The Bill would provide a statutory basis to the commitment made by the Government in 1999 to eradicate child poverty by 2020. Its stated purpose is to give new impetus to the Government&rsquo;s commitment, and to drive action across departments. It also aims to define success in eradicating child poverty and create a framework to monitor progress at a national and local level.</p><p><strong>Key areas</strong></p><ul><li>places a duty on the Secretary of State to meet four United Kingdom-wide poverty targets by the end of the financial year 2020</li><li>requires the UK Government to publish a regular UK child poverty strategy</li><li>requires the Scottish and Northern Irish Ministers to publish child poverty strategies</li><li>establishes a Child Poverty Commission to provide advice</li><li>requires the UK Government to publish annual progress reports</li><li>places new duties on local authorities and other delivery partners in England to work together to tackle child poverty. <br></li></ul>","sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":163,"name":"Stephen Timms","party":"Labour","partyColour":"d50000","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/163/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/163/contact","memberFrom":"East Ham"},"organisation":{"name":"HM Treasury","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury"},"sortOrder":1},{"member":{"memberId":3694,"name":"Lord McKenzie of Luton","party":"Labour","partyColour":"d50000","house":"Lords","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/3694/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/3694/contact","memberFrom":"Life peer"},"organisation":{"name":"Department for Work and Pensions","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions"},"sortOrder":2}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":377,"shortTitle":"Child Poverty Act 2010","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Unassigned","originatingHouse":"Commons","lastUpdate":"2010-11-03T16:01:28","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":1,"introducedSessionId":22,"includedSessionIds":[22,23],"isAct":true,"currentStage":{"id":3352,"stageId":11,"sessionId":23,"description":"Royal Assent","abbreviation":"RA","house":"Unassigned","stageSittings":[{"id":3093,"stageId":11,"billStageId":3352,"billId":377,"date":"2010-03-25T00:00:00"}],"sortOrder":18}}