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The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are planning to adopt the Social Metrics Commission's measurement of poverty across all departments following the Department for Work and Pensions' commitment in May 2019 to develop experimental statistics using that Commission's measurement; and whether they have any further information on this issue.  HL1353

Question HL1353: tabled on 5 February 2020 and due for answer by 19 February 2020

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The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are planning to adopt the Social Metrics Commission's measurement of poverty across all departments following the Department for Work and Pensions' commitment in May 2019 to develop experimental statistics using that Commission's measurement; and whether they have any further information on this issue.  HL1353
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Wednesday 4 March 2020

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