Clause 11 - Recouping Inland Revenue contributions
Child Trust Funds Bill
5:15 pm
Mr George Osborne (Tatton, Conservative)
For a second there I thought that the Minister was straying into generosity, but she received a note from a mysterious source and suddenly she was hard-nosed again. She said that people in such cases would not even be able to keep any gains from such an error made by the Inland Revenue. All I was trying to do with the amendment, as a humble legislator, was to restrain the over-mighty Executive. However, the over-mighty Executive have the majority in the Committee, so I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Amendment proposed: No. 43, in
clause 11, page 6, line 31, after '10', insert
'or [additional contributions by Inland Revenue for children in care]'.—[Mr. Osborne.]
Question put, That the amendment be made.
The Committee proceeded to a Division.
Mr. Laws: On a point of order, Mr. Amess. Will you clarify for the benefit of all members of the Committee that we are now returning to the issue of
children in care, which we debated earlier, and that the question is effectively whether we should support the proposal of the hon. Member for Tatton that child benefit should be paid into the accounts of children in care?
The Chairman: The hon. Gentleman has described the position perfectly.
The Committee having divided: Ayes 4, Noes 10.