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Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill

I entirely understand the point that my hon. Friend is making, and I encourage him to maintain a dialogue with colleagues in the Ministry of Justice. He rightly says that any circumstances that give rise to disparities in claims are a cause for concern. I understand his fair point about at least having a degree of equality in the treatment of this matter. He will understand that any suggestion to review civil law in England and Wales in the light of a possible change in the law in Scotland is a matter for the Ministry of Justice, and is beyond the scope of this new clause.