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Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill

moved Amendment No. 48B: 48B: Clause 44, leave out Clause 44 The noble Baroness said: My Lords, again, the amendments in this group are probing amendments to ask the Minister for assurances that parents paying child maintenance will not have their right to individual data protection violated. Clause 44 brings Schedule 6 into effect. The Explanatory Notes on Schedule 6 tell us that paragraph 1 stipulates that information held in relation to child support functions will, "““be used or disclosed to any person providing services to the commission for purposes relating to child support functions””." I should like to hear from the Minister how far that disclosure of information will extend. How wide a remit will we give to the execution of these powers, and exactly where will the cut-off point be for purposes relating to child support functions? Will there be a cut-off point? Can the Minister give assurances that when information is shared on IT systems it can be used for the purposes of functions relating to child support and only for that purpose? Only persons who have been properly trained should be able to use the IT systems, and only when it is necessary for them to do so. Will the Minister assure me beyond all reasonable doubt that CMEC will do all in its power to protect each individual parent’s personal data? I beg to move.