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Saving Gateway Accounts Bill

I support this amendment simply in terms of the general purposes of this excellent Bill. We are trying to change people’s habits and deal with those who, first, do not have the habit of saving because perhaps they feel that they are not able to save, and, secondly, are ill-equipped with the technicalities of financial administration in terms of managing their own affairs. There is a point in trying to be as helpful as possible to those who may not open a gateway saving account because it is not the way they have done things before. The Bill might be assisted if we took account of this proposal.