Saving Gateway Accounts Bill

In moving Amendment 10, I shall speak also to Amendment 13. Together, they would make all recipients of carer’s allowance eligible for the saving gateway. This issue was discussed in the other place, and the Economic Secretary said that the Government were minded to bring forward amendments. My noble friend Lady Pitkeathley also spoke passionately and eloquently on this subject at Second Reading. I am pleased to be able to bring forward amendments on this issue today. Even without them, we believe that around 225,000 claimants of carer’s allowance would be eligible for the saving gateway through the qualifying benefits, but this amendment adds a further 300,000 carers to that number, taking the total to over half a million. I hope that noble Lords will welcome these amendments. I beg to move.