That this House recognises the new data published by the Department for Work and Pensions on the two-child limit to benefit payments which shows that there are now 1.6 million children living in families impacted by this policy, or one in every nine children; further recognises that of those families impacted 59% are working households, and that 3100 women were granted an exemption to the limit as a result of non-consensual conception under the rape clause; notes that if scrapped this policy would lift 300,000 children out of poverty immediately; and calls on the Government to scrap the two-child limit.
Signatories (39)
- Kim Johnson Sponsor
- John McDonnell
- Mary Kelly Foy
- Siân Berry
- Colum Eastwood
- Rebecca Long Bailey
- Carla Denyer
- Ellie Chowns
- Adrian Ramsay
- Liz Saville Roberts
- Ben Lake
- Ann Davies
- Llinos Medi
- Grahame Morris
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy
- Jon Trickett
- Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
- Ian Lavery
- Dawn Butler
- Richard Burgon
- Kate Osborne
- Rosie Duffield
- Sorcha Eastwood
- Claire Hanna
- Imran Hussain
- Iqbal Mohamed
- Ian Byrne
- Jeremy Corbyn
- Ayoub Khan
- Neil Duncan-Jordan
- Brian Mathew
- Mr Adnan Hussain
- Andy McDonald
- Nadia Whittome
- Jim Shannon
- Ms Diane Abbott
- Graham Leadbitter
- Rachael Maskell
- Apsana Begum
Source
UK Parliament EDM data