The Prime Minister must establish a new department, the Ministry for Poverty
Prevention, by an Order in Council within six months of the passing of this
Act.
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; and for connected purposes.
B e it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
The Prime Minister must establish a new department, the Ministry for Poverty
Prevention, by an Order in Council within six months of the passing of this
Act.
The Order under subsection (1) must set out the—
objectives, and
reporting requirements
of the Ministry for Poverty Prevention.
The Ministry for Poverty Prevention may only be abolished or merged with
another government department by an Act of Parliament.
The Secretary of State for the Ministry of Poverty Prevention must set poverty
reduction targets for which the Government must meet.
The targets under subsection (1) must be set by regulations within one year
of the passing of this Act, and every one year thereafter.
Regulations under subsection (1), which must be made by statutory instrument,
must include—
a timeframe for meeting the target; and
the metrics to be used to assess delivery of the target.
A statutory instrument containing regulations under this Act may not be
made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by
a resolution of each House of Parliament.
The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a report setting out the
Government’s compliance with the poverty reduction targets established in
regulations under section 3.
Reports under subsection (1) must be laid before Parliament within two years
of the day on which this Act is passed, and every one year thereafter.
This Act extends to England and Wales.
This Act comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
This Act may be cited as the Ministry for Poverty Prevention Act 2024.
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; and for connected purposes.
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