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Child Maintenance

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

454 c873-87 

Session

2006-07

Department

Department for Work and Pensions

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 454 c875-7 (Link to this contribution) We have not yet had a chance fully to digest the White Paper, as we received a copy only a few minut...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c877-8 (Link to this contribution) I start by at least welcoming those parts of the hon. Gentleman’s comments where he indicated his su...

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Speaker | 454 c878 (Link to this contribution) Order.

Lord Young of Cookham | 454 c885 (Link to this contribution) In his statement, the Secretary of State said that he would ““significantly strengthen the enforceme...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c885 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I will, and we propose that once the Bill completes its passage through the House, as I hope th...

John Penrose | 454 c884 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Secretary of State’s comments about doing more to promote joint parental responsibilit...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c884 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a fair and appropriate point. In relation to child maintenance, we are talk...

David Kidney | 454 c885 (Link to this contribution) The hard-working, dedicated staff of the Child Support Agency care deeply about getting money to the...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c885 (Link to this contribution) I thought that someone would mention IT. Obviously, the new commission will need a proper software a...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c883-4 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. and learned Gentleman. It is true that the powers that we are taking...

Viscount Hailsham | 454 c883 (Link to this contribution) There is obviously merit in the tougher enforcement and collection procedures, so the Secretary of S...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c884 (Link to this contribution) It will clearly be a job of the commissioner and the new commission to ensure that that mistake is n...

Rob Marris | 454 c884 (Link to this contribution) As a member of the Work and Pensions Committee in the previous Parliament, I welcome my right hon. F...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c887 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, I know absolutely nothing about that particular case, but I am happy to look into it for ...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c887 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I have tried to make it clear that the failures of the agency a...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c886 (Link to this contribution) If the voluntary arrangement breaks down, the parent with care is free to submit an application to t...

Gary Streeter | 454 c886 (Link to this contribution) In broadly welcoming the statement that the Secretary of State made today, may I pay tribute to the ...

Helen Jones | 454 c886 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend’s statement will be welcomed by many parents in my constituency who have yet to...

Paul Robert Holmes | 454 c885-6 (Link to this contribution) Like every MP, I have long strings of constituents coming to my constituency office and surgeries wi...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c885 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. The White Paper does not propose any changes to the way in which ...

Clive Betts | 454 c885 (Link to this contribution) May I give a general welcome to what my right hon. Friend said, and may I ask him to consider an iss...

Terry Rooney | 454 c880 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that the problem with the CSA, from day one, has been collection and...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c880 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend and I agree with everything he said. It is undoubtedly true that the...

Alistair Burt | 454 c880 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement? I appreciate the amount of work that he has put in...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c880-1 (Link to this contribution) In relation to the last point, the Government as a whole are taking the policy forward. I welcome th...

Lord Field of Birkenhead | 454 c881 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Secretary of State on his clever and subtle statement. Does he accept that while ...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c881 (Link to this contribution) Yes. We will have to agree with the commission and commissioner the exact performance standards that...

Elfyn Llwyd | 454 c881 (Link to this contribution) The lifting of the bar on private agreements is most welcome. Obviously, I have not yet seen the Whi...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c881 (Link to this contribution) I agree absolutely with the hon. Gentleman’s point. I am sure that we have all dealt with constituen...

David Laws | 454 c879 (Link to this contribution) Before we come to the Secretary of State’s future plans, will he confirm what is in the White Paper:...

Julia Goldsworthy | 454 c882-3 (Link to this contribution) I wish to follow on from a question posed by my hon. Friend the Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) that ha...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c882 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree with the right hon. Gentleman. It is important that any well-run service, whether...

Ronnie Campbell | 454 c882 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement, which is obviously going down the right road—at least my office staff will ...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c883 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly look into the matter on behalf of my hon. Friend. It is worth pointing out that the...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c883 (Link to this contribution) We are not taking a general power to write-off. Any settlement of an outstanding debt must be subjec...

Betty Williams | 454 c883 (Link to this contribution) As one of the Members of Parliament who gave evidence to Sir David Henshaw when he was examining the...

David Curry | 454 c882 (Link to this contribution) On the issue of a well-run organisation, does the Secretary of State accept that the first contact b...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c882 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I pay tribute to the work that her constituents have done over many...

Linda Gilroy | 454 c881 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, which focuses strongly on simplification and setting a f...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c882 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an important point. We know that there are such cases. If we use HMRC data, it...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c886 (Link to this contribution) I think that successive Ministers and Governments tried everything that they possibly could to make ...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c879-80 (Link to this contribution) I am very disappointed by the hon. Gentleman’s response. He has completely misunderstood the nature ...

Philip Hollobone | 454 c887 (Link to this contribution) May I seek the urgent help and assistance of the Secretary of State and his officials with regard to...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 454 c873-5 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the future of the child maintenan...

Subjects

Children Debts Child Support Agency Enforcement Maintenance Personal income Parents Powers Non-departmental public bodies Social security benefits Reform Registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission

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