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Proceeding contribution from Lord Skelmersdale (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 find this discussion quite extraordinary. In what he has just said, the Minister relied on Clause 7(4)(a). My noble friend and I understand quite readily what, "““any Minister of the Crown or department of the Government of the United Kingdom””" means, but we do not know what ““other public body”” means. The noble Lord has suggested that such an order, naming whichever bodies CMEC decides are appropriate, will appear only once that decision has been made. For the moment, neither he nor I nor anyone else has the slightest idea who might fall into Clause 7(4)(b). Is that the situation?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
698 c424GC 
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