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High Income Child Benefit Charge (Review and Impact Assessment) Bill

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to undertake and publish a review of the merits of raising the income threshold for the High Income Child Benefit Charge and of reforming the process for declaring income above that threshold; to require the Secretary of State to publish an assessment of the impact of the High Income Child Benefit Charge on single parents and on full-time caregivers for children; and for connected purposes.

The story so farThe High Income Child Benefit Charge (Review and Impact Assessment) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 28 February 2024 by Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 12 Feb 2025.