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Front-loaded Child Benefit Bill [HL]

This bill would let parents receive higher child benefit payments when children are younger and lower payments when they're older, keeping total lifetime payments the same.

A Bill to amend the Child Benefit (Rates) Regulations 2006 to make provision to vary the rate of child benefit over the course of childhood to enable eligible parents to receive a higher rate during a child’s early years and a correspondingly reduced rate when that child is older

Status: In Progress

Current House: Lords

Stage: 1st reading

Sponsored by: Lord Farmer

Introduced: 2021-06-16