Clause 2 - Eligible children
Child Trust Funds Bill
2:30 pm
Mr Michael Weir (Angus, Scottish National Party)
I am sorry to press the Minister on the matter, but I do not understand her argument. She is referring to the position when a child is granted asylum. There could be a situation in which parents who are in danger of being, or who have been, refused asylum, disappear and the child is taken into local authority care. Would that child be permanently resident in the country and entitled to the child trust fund or would the child be in danger of being deported and, thus, not eligible for the fund?