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Proceeding contribution from Lord McKenzie of Luton (Labour) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 31 January 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill.

Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill

We should recognise that voluntary arrangements are not new to the UK system. What is new is that those people who are on benefits have the choice, as everyone else has had, to have a voluntary arrangement or use the statutory system. I am a little nervous about the underlying assumption here that poorer people who rely on benefits are innately more feckless in their arrangements. We need to be a little cautious in that regard.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
698 c387GC 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Complaints Child support Children Contracts Contact orders Absent parents Contracts for services Child Support Agency Fees and charges Families ICT Information Maintenance Parents Poverty Parliamentary scrutiny Welfare tax credits Voluntary organisations Separation Children's centres Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission
Legislation
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill 2006-07 to 2007-08
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk