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Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill

Three quarters of those accounts opened since 2005 have failed to receive additional deposits; 99% have not received the maximum funding available; and only 71% of eligible children have a child trust fund. I am not trying to argue, as Opposition Members seem to think, that the fund is a failure; I am trying to argue a more subtle point, that this piece of legislation—this policy innovation—has not achieved its goal.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
517 c226 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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