Clause 3 - Requirements to be satisfied
Child Trust Funds Bill
4:15 pm
Ms Ruth Kelly (Financial Secretary, HM Treasury; Bolton West, Labour)
I take the hon. Gentleman's point, but I was going to say that this is not to do with anomalies between the general law in England and that in Scotland, but with whether, in England, we want children under 18—perhaps those over 16—to have some say in the management of their accounts. I put it to the Committee that there are real difficulties in changing contract law on that point. I certainly undertake to consider whether it is a simple issue, but I suspect that it is much more complicated than hon. Members appreciate. If the hon. Gentleman wishes, I shall come back to him on Report, to give an update on the complexities of changing contract law. I suspect that it would be rather difficult to change the law during the passage of the Bill.