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Debate on bill on Tuesday, 13 May 2008, in the House of Lords, led by Lord McKenzie of Luton. The answering member was Lord Skelmersdale.

Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill

Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill. Lords report stage second day. Bill as amended to be printed (HL Bill 57).

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
701 c945-83 
Session
2007-08
Department
Department for Work and Pensions
Legislative stage
Report stage
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Related items
Child Support Act 1991
Thursday, 25 July 1991
Public acts
Proceeding contributions
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c956-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I did not mean to chide the noble Lord earlier; if it came across like that, I offer my ap...
Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c957 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am extremely grateful for the additional comments from the Minister. Of course I am goin...
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Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 701 c962 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am as ever grateful to the Minister, who is trying to be as helpful as he can. The amend...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c961-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, for this amendment and his interest in ...
Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c963-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it may surprise some of your Lordships that my name is attached to this vast raft of gover...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c962-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 20A: 20A: Clause 27, page 22, line 7, leave out ““make”” and insert ““apply to...
Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c958 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am extremely grateful. The Minister is right that the purport of my request is to get su...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c957-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to make sure that I understand the noble Lord. Would he like an analysis of how man...
Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c960-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, some time between 2010 and 2013 there will come a date for all parents with an existing ch...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 701 c958-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 18: 18: Clause 19, page 9, line 2, at beginning insert ““Subject to subsection...
Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c952 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does that mean that there is no need for legislation to create such a register? I think th...
Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c956 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, clearly the Minister, his colleagues, the relevant section of the department and the CSA d...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c954-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, for moving this amendment, which gives us a cha...
Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c953-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 15: 15: Schedule 4, page 71, line 38, leave out paragraph 6 The noble Lord sa...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 701 c953 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. I think that we are all heading in the right direct...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c953 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord again. We would get details and an understanding of...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 701 c953 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is helpful. Although these assurances are welcome, I still do not know how the Minist...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c952-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, to reassure the noble Lord, I think that it is vital that there is routine, robust reporti...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 701 c952 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I certainly do not want to impair the overall strategic approach of the Bill. I take from ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c952 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not believe that we would need primary legislation. I will have to check to see wheth...
Lord Addington | 701 c964 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join in the chorus of praise for these amendments. The alliance of the noble Lords, Lord...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c964 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank all three noble Lords who have spoken. Experience in the US and, I think, Australi...
Lord Goodlad | 701 c964 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for taking the trouble to re-examine the policy on this point. Your L...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c965 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 21A: 21A: Clause 27, page 22, leave out lines 30 to 32 and insert— ““(b) an am...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c965 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 20B: 20B: Clause 27, page 22, leave out lines 23 to 25 and insert— ““(4A) On a...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c965 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is not appropriate to open that debate at this juncture. However, in large parts of the...
Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c964 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, the noble Lord really cannot get away with that. When I got u...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c945 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the Bill be now further considered on Report. Moved accordingly, and, ...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 701 c945-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 13: 13: Clause 15, leave out Clause 15 The noble Lord said: My Lords, Amendme...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c950-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank each of the noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. It has been short but we h...
Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 701 c947-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I apologise to the House. I have an unavoidable commitment which means I have to le...
Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c949-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am afraid that I am not particularly enamoured by Amendment No. 14 in the name of the no...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c966 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 28A and 28B: 28A: Clause 27, page 25, line 25, leave out ““an appeal under s...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c966 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 29A: 29A: Clause 27, page 25, line 28, leave out from ““of”” to ““the”” in lin...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c966-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 30A and 30B: 30A: Clause 27, page 25, line 33, leave out ““the person”” and ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c967 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 34A to 34C: 34A: Clause 27, page 26, line 14, leave out ““Commission”” and i...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c967-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 41A: 41A: Clause 27, page 27, line 7, at end insert— ““39IA Application of sec...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c967 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 36A to 36D: 36A: Clause 27, page 26, line 25, leave out ““Commission”” and i...
Lord Tunnicliffe | 701 c968 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 42: 42: Clause 29, page 33, line 33, leave out ““liable person”” and insert ““...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c968 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 41B: 41B: Clause 28, page 27, line 9, leave out ““39I”” and insert ““39IA”” O...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c968 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 43: 43: Clause 30, page 35, line 42, leave out ““liable person”” and insert ““...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c968 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 42A: 42A: Clause 29, page 34, line 32, leave out ““liable person”” and insert ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c966 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 25A to 25H: 25A: Clause 27, page 23, line 6, leave out ““Commission”” and in...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c965-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 22A to 22C: 22A: Clause 27, page 22, leave out lines 33 to 35 and insert— ““...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c980-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, for the amendment, which, as he said, seeks to ...
Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c982 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will certainly withdraw my amendment but I do have to say to the noble Lord that I reser...
Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c977-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 51: 51: Schedule 7, page 76, line 18, at end insert— ““(1A) In section 4(10)(a...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 701 c979-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I acknowledge the service that the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, has done by moving the a...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c976-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 50: 50: Clause 55, page 48, line 31, leave out from beginning to ““unless”” in...
Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c976 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I say ““ditto”” to what I said to the previous block of government amendments. On Questio...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c976 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 49: 49: Clause 53, page 46, line 39, at end insert— ““( ) No regulations may b...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c974-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness. I understand that this is a probing amendment and I hope that ...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 701 c974 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, again, in a similar mode, I listened to the careful way in which the noble Baroness, Lady ...
Baroness Verma | 701 c973-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 48B: 48B: Clause 44, leave out Clause 44 The noble Baroness said: My Lords, a...
Baroness Verma | 701 c970-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 48A: 48A: Clause 40, leave out Clause 40 The noble Baroness said: My Lords, t...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 701 c971-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I listened carefully to the noble Baroness. If this is a probing amendment, it might be wo...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c972-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendment would remove Clause 40 from the Bill and thereby prevent the Child Maintenan...
Baroness Verma | 701 c973 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister. Of course the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, is right that all efforts m...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c969 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his comments. On Question, amendment agreed to.
Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c969 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I am not a member of that committee, far be it from me to speak for it, but I am sure t...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c970 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 46 and 47: 46: Clause 34, page 37, line 15, at end insert— ““(2A) Regulation...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c968-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 44: 44: Clause 32, page 36, line 29, leave out ““may”” and insert ““must”” Th...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c982 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does not the point that the noble Lord has made illustrate why we need the 12-month rule? ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c983 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 52 to 54: 52: Schedule 7, page 78, line 11, after ““““court”””” insert ““(ex...
Lord Skelmersdale | 701 c983 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord pre-empted what I was about to say next with an argument of his own. There ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c983 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 55: 55: Schedule 8, page 85, line 36, at end insert— On Question, amendment a...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c983 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 55A to 57: 55A: Clause 59, page 49, line 34, leave out ““39E”” and insert ““...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c969-70 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 45: 45: Clause 32, page 36, line 30, at end insert— ““(3) The regulations must...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 701 c966 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 26A and 26B: 26A: Clause 27, page 23, line 19, leave out ““order”” and inser...
Baroness Verma | 701 c976 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. The noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, also raised some ver...
Subjects
Child support Children Disclosure of information Data protection Debts Cooperation Department for Work and Pensions Child Support Agency Credit reference agencies Jobseeker's allowance Income support Offenders Maintenance Parents Poverty Payments Right of search Revenue and Customs Northern Ireland Office Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Liability orders
Legislation
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill 2006-07 to 2007-08
Link
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