The Joint Committee for Human Rights has written to the government seeking an explanation of clause 15 of the Bill, which allows the government to take the condition of the economy into account before implementing child poverty strategies.
The committee has also asked the government what is being done to gain more information on gypsy, Roma and traveller children, as well as asylum seeking children, who are all excluded from the targets despite being some of the poorest groups in the UK.
According to the committee, the bill will provide a mechanism for meeting the requirements of Article 27 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which ensure an adequate standard of living for every child.
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