Rejected petition limit child benefit to the first two children

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Some families are making a business out of having children and receiving benefits. This is creating a strain on the welfare system as well as a strain on services such as the national health system.

We ask that the government only pay child benefit to the first two children in the family. For any additional children, no benefit should be paid

This petition was rejected

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Date submitted 31 October 2011
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