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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Verma (Conservative) 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

I shall avoid following my noble friend in attacking the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood. On Amendments Nos. 54 and 55, I should like to ask the Minister for clarity. Clause 7 concerns agency arrangements between the commission and any ““relevant authority””. What is that relevant authority? The Minister may point me to its apparent definition in Clause 7(4), but I still remain unclear. The relevant authority may be, "““a public body specified in regulations””." That is not a definition. It may be a diversion, but it is not a very good one. I do not wish to remind the Minister that ambiguity in legislation is never a good thing because it often leads to confusion and, more dangerously, misinterpretation.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
698 c421GC 
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
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