Debate on bill on Wednesday, 7 May 2008, in the House of Lords.

Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill

Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill. Lords report stage first day. Amendments debated and withdrawn. amendment debated and agreed to.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 701 c642-68
Session: 2007-08
Legislative stage: Report stage
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill. As amended in Grand Committee.
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Bills
House of Lords; Child Support Act 1991
Thursday, 25 July 1991
Public acts
Proceeding contributions: Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c651-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not sure that it would be helpful to put something that specific in the Bill. There i...; Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c652 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if I were to be allowed to précis the noble Lord’s argument, is he saying that the Bill sh...; Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c652 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, to be clear, there is an overriding obligation to maximise the number of effective child m...; Lord Colwyn | 701 c646 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, should this amendment be agreed to, I shall be unable to call Amendments Nos. 2 to 4 inclu...; Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c646-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand the point the noble Baroness, Lady Hollis, makes about a tilt in one directio...; Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 701 c650 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is the Minister saying that in practice there will be a level playing field because each l...; Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c647-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with noble Lords that our deliberations start in a good place by focusing on how t...; Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 701 c651 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am reassured to some extent by my noble friend’s helpful remarks. Would he be able to go...; Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c650-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the support and information service cannot guarantee to be in touch with every separating ...; Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 701 c642-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1: 1: Clause 2, page 1, line 11, leave out subsection (2) The noble Lord said...; Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 701 c668 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if that can be shared around, I will happily settle for that. On that basis, I beg leave t...; Baroness Crawley | 701 c668 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that consideration on Report be now adjourned. Moved accordingly, and, on Q...; Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 701 c667-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on lump sum payments, I cannot resist quoting Lord Justice May—who, as the Minister knows,...; Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c667 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I acknowledge that we need to do everything we can to make sure that fraud in the benefit ...; Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 701 c664-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have a lot of sympathy with this amendment for three very obvious reasons. First, this i...; Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c665 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, following on from that, the Bill makes provision for increasing the current £5 to £7, whic...; Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c665-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank all noble Lords who have made some very interesting contributions to this short debate. The ...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 701 c660-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for having outlined so fully some of the important init...; Lord Tunnicliffe | 701 c661 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 9: 9: Clause 9, page 4, line 40, leave out ““section”” and insert ““sections 7...; Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 701 c661-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am deeply grateful to the Minister, the Government and the department for accepting the ...; Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 701 c662-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 10: 10: Clause 15, page 7, line 33, at beginning insert ““Subject to subsectio...; Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c660 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am happy to copy the letter to every noble Lord who has participated this evening. I sha...; Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c660 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the Minister sits down, I am extremely grateful for his offer to write and when he ...; Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c657-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank noble Lords for these amendments, which, again, give us an opportunity to discuss ...; Lord Addington | 701 c656-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with some of the sentiments behind the amendments but I do not think that this is ...; Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 701 c653 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister is doing his best and I think that he has made some progress. There is less g...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 701 c653-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 3: 3: Clause 2, page 1, line 17, at end insert— ““(c) to promote among parents...; Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 701 c652 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am encouraged by the discussion, but the point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Hollis, ...; Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c652-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there will be clear routes by which the information and support service can be engaged to ...; Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c652 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not want to pursue this because we are not in Committee, but it would have been very ...; Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c652 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I conclude not by saying yes or no but by asking the noble Lord whether he is prepared to ...; Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 701 c646 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is very useful to start the Report stage with these amendments. I shall speak only brie...; Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 701 c666-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for giving way. I realise that this is the Report stage b...; Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c668 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, would it help the noble Lord if I undertook to get those people who brief me to write me a...; Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c654-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome this group amendments and I have put my name to most of them. They all prompt fu...
Subjects: Council tax benefits Child support Children Contracts Costs Advisory services Arrears Housing benefit Fraud Earnings rules Maintenance Low incomes Parents Poverty Payments Lone parents Social security benefits Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission
Legislation: Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill 2006-07 to 2007-08
Contains statistics: Yes
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Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill

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