Extract from Lords debate on Benefits: Reductions - Nov 1
Friday, 2 November 2018 07:28
The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth:...I also draw your Lordships’
attention to the heavy burden that the two-child limit is likely to
place on some faith communities. During the passage of the Bill, we
were told that the Government, “looked through people’s faith” to
the choices that they made. I beg to differ. Faith is not something
transparent to look through: it is the lens through which many
people make choices. For some faith groups, having more than two
children is the cultural...Request free
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The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth:...I also draw your
Lordships’ attention to the heavy burden that the two-child limit
is likely to place on some faith communities. During the passage of
the Bill, we were told that the Government, “looked through
people’s faith” to the choices that they made. I beg to differ.
Faith is not something transparent to look through: it is the
lens through which many people make choices. For some faith groups,
having more than two children is the cultural and religion norm,
even expectation. That might be the Roman Catholic community; it
might be the Muslim and Jewish communities. It is also likely to
have an even more disproportionate impact on such communities when
many within them already live in poverty...
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