Moved by
Lord Watson of Invergowrie
12A: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Apprentices as qualifying young persons for the purposes of child benefit
(1) The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.
(2) In Regulation 3 (education and training condition)—
(a) after paragraph (2)(a) insert—
“(aa) is undertaking a statutory apprenticeship as defined under section A11 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (only statutory apprenticeships to be described as apprenticeships);”;
(b) in paragraph (4) after “(2)(a)” insert “, (2)(aa),”.”