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Mr. Marlow
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will set up a cost of living index for one-parent families and ensure the child benefit and other support is increased at a rate in line with or better than this index.
Mrs. Chalker
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his suggestion. I am advised that existing indices provide an adequate guide to the impact of inflation on one-parent families.