Committees

Child Poverty Taskforce

Non-inquiry session

This session will be a joint evidence session of the Education Committee and the Work and Pensions Committee.

The Education Committee and Work and Pensions Committee will question experts on child poverty, in anticipation of the Government’s upcoming Child Poverty Strategy. The session will look at trends and patterns in child poverty over time, the work of previous governments to tackle child poverty, and which policies have been successful.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Wednesday 10 September 2025
9:30am Public
Child Poverty Taskforce - Oral evidence 10 September 2025
9:30am
  • Nicola Killean (Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland at Children's Commissioner for Scotland)
  • Rocio Cifuentes (Children and Young People's Commissioner for Wales at Children's Commissioner for Wales)
  • Alex Tennant (Interim Chief Executive at Norther Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People)
10:30am
  • Professor Stephen Sinclair
  • Steffan Evans (Head of Policy (Poverty) at Bevan Foundation)
  • Trása Canavan (Senior Policy & Public Affairs Lead at Barnardo's NI)
Room 4A, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 20 May 2025
10:00am Public
Child Poverty Taskforce - Oral evidence 20 May 2025
10:00am
  • The Baroness Longfield CBE (Executive Chair and Founder of the Centre for Young Lives and Children's Commissioner from March 2015 to February 2021 at Member of the House of Lords)
  • The Rt Hon. the Lord Blunkett (former Secretary of State for Education and Employment and former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions at Member of the House of Lords)
  • Naomi Eisenstadt CB (Chair at NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board, former director of Sure Start and the Social Exclusion taskforce and non-executive director at Department of Health and Social Care)
11:00am
  • Tom Waters (Associate Director of Income, Work and Welfare at The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS))
  • Mike Brewer (Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Economist at The Resolution Foundation)
  • Professor David Taylor-Robinson (Chair in Health Inequalities, Professor of Public Health and Policy at The University of Liverpool)
  • Dr Katriona O'Sullivan (Professor of Psychology, Director for the Centre for Excellence and Inclusive Higher Education at Maynooth University)
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

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We receive a significant number of emails each day. All requests and invitations are considered but we do not respond directly to everyone. Please be aware, the committee does not look at individual cases or specific complaints.