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Period Poverty Taskforce

Asked by Mrs Sharon HodgsonLabourWomen and EqualitiesTabled Answered 18 February 2025UIN 30060

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To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Period Poverty Taskforce (a) last met and (b) next plans to meet.

Answered by Anneliese Dodds

The Period Poverty Taskforce was an initiative under a previous government, and last met in 2020. I thank them for their hard work.

Rather than re-launch a standalone initiative, this Government's approach is to resolve the issue at the source by tackling the reasons women and girls are pushed into period poverty to start with. We are protecting women’s living standards, alongside the public services they rely on, so that no one has to go without life's essentials.

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