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Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill

It may not have come through because some of the intricacies of how this will work in practice are still being worked through. I was enunciating the principles. In a sense that second point is no different from what happens at the moment. If someone starts off in the old scheme and a new scheme case is linked to it, that drags the case across on to a new basis of assessment. There will be differences and fewer complications under the new arrangements. Some of the complexities around linked cases will fall away because under the new system the CSA—or CMEC—will not police the benefits system as it does at the moment. That will be the job of Jobcentre Plus. Therefore, ordering cases around the NRP will make some of the processes easier. That is the principle involved. I hope that that has clarified matters. I will be more than happy to have another go or to write to Members of the Committee if they feel that that would be helpful. We are not intending to change voluntary arrangements although the children involved in that would clearly impact on the percentage that is used.