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Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill

On the hon. Gentleman's point about HMRC officials spending their time promoting savings accounts to children and parents, the idea is to give a hand-up, rather than a handout. Rather than benefits being handed out to families, the idea is to encourage saving in a family and to make it accessible to families that would not otherwise easily access saving funds. That is a hand-up, rather than a handout, and I would have expected Government Members to support such a programme.

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Reference

517 c234 

Session

2010-12

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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