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Proceeding contribution from Lord Freud (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 28 November 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Welfare Reform Bill.

Welfare Reform Bill

114: After Clause 133, insert the following new Clause— ““Recovery of child support maintenance by deduction from benefit In section 43 of the Child Support Act 1991 (as substituted by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000), for subsections (1) and (2) there is substituted— ““(1) The power of the Secretary of State to make regulations under section 5 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 by virtue of subsection (1)(p) of that section may be exercised with a view to securing the making of payments in respect of child support maintenance by a non-resident parent. (2) The reference in subsection (1) to the making of payments in respect of child support maintenance includes the recovery of— (a) arrears of child support maintenance, and (b) fees payable under section 6 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008.”””” Amendment 114 agreed. Clauses 134 and 135 agreed. Amendment 114A not moved.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
733 c77GC 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Children Disclosure of information Appeals Benefits rules Deductions Arrears Child Support Agency Fraud Fees and charges ICT Domestic abuse Exemptions Overpayments Mental illness Maintenance Parents Negligence Social security benefits Social Security Advisory Committee Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Universal credit Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission
Legislation
Welfare Reform Bill 2010-12
Link
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