Clause 1 — Removal of eligibility for child trust fund

Part of Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:45 pm on 22 November 2010.

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Photo of John Hemming John Hemming Liberal Democrat, Birmingham, Yardley 5:45, 22 November 2010

I cannot confirm precisely what is being done in the care system. I am not a Minister; I have never been in a ministerial car and I have no interest in putting my derrière inside one. I happen to be a Back-Bench Member of my party who is very supportive of the Government's strategy of being cost-effective and of using public funds in the most effective way, particularly to look after the most vulnerable members of society. The simple point, on which I shall end if there are no more interventions, is that it is insane to spend £7 million to give people £2 million.