A Bill to make provision for establishing a new government Ministry, the Ministry for Poverty Prevention; to make provision for the objectives and powers of that Ministry; to make provision that the Ministry can only be abolished or combined with another department by an Act of Parliament; to make provision for reporting requirements on the Ministry’s work; to make provision for a power to create binding poverty reduction targets; to make provision for a reporting system for all government spending in relation to poverty; and for connected purposes.
House of Lords
30 April 2026
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The bill would establish a new Ministry for Poverty Prevention, created by Order in Council within six months. It would be protected from abolition or merger except by an Act of Parliament, and it would require binding poverty-reduction targets as well as a system to track and report all poverty-related government spending in England and Wales.
The bill is at 1st Reading in the Lords (29 January 2025) and will move to the 2nd Reading. The available material shows the initial proposals but no published amendments or committee recommendations yet.
Generated 21 February 2026
29 Jan 2025
The 2024-26 session of Parliament has prorogued and this bill will make no further progress.
The bill would create the Ministry for Poverty Prevention by Order in Council within six months, and it can only be abolished or merged by an Act of Parliament. It requires the Secretary of State to set binding poverty-reduction targets within a year (and yearly thereafter), with a defined delivery timeframe and metrics, and to report Parliament on compliance. It also establishes a PECC reporting system to track all poverty-related spending within six months and to increase transparency, with regulations subject to parliamentary scrutiny; the Act applies to England and Wales and takes effect on enactment.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
