The two-child limit, poverty and coronavirus

Early day motion 442, tabled 5 May 2020 by Apsana Begum (Labour). Signed by 23 members.

That this House notes the Child Poverty Action Group and the Church of England’s report, published 5 May 2020, which found that an estimated 60,000 families will be affected by the two-child limit as a result of the covid-19 crisis, joining around 230,000 families affected by the policy since April 2017; is alarmed that as parents get ill, lose their job, or experience a fall in their income as a result of the coronavirus, a growing number of families are discovering that the safety net that should be provided by the social security system is not adequate to meet their needs; and calls on the Government to abolish the two-child limit and ensure that people get the support they need, when they need it, as a part of a comprehensive strategy to tackle poverty in all its forms.

Signatures by party: Labour 16, Scottish National Party 2, Alliance 1, DUP 1, Green 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.