Two-child benefits limit

Early day motion 683, tabled 24 April 2024 by Mary Foy (Labour). Signed by 31 members.

That this House recognises the new research from the End Child Poverty Coalition which highlights the extent to which the two-child limit impacts single parents and families with disabled children; notes that 20% of all households impacted by the two-child limit are families with at least one disabled child, which is just over 87,500 households; further notes that 25% of all families impacted by the two-child limit are single-parent households, with a child under 3; expresses incredulity that no assessment of the potential correlation between the proportion of children living in households affected by the two-child limit and levels of child poverty has been made by the Department for Work and Pensions; and calls for the two-child limit to be reconsidered.

Signatures by party: Labour 21, Independent 3, Scottish National Party 3, Green 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1, Workers Party 1.