My Lords, I understand what the noble Lord is saying and recognise his ongoing concerns about the IT systems. I agree that it is important that those systems are right. The commission will inevitably inherit the current systems as improved by PR1. The fact that we resist being specific on...

My Lords, I understand what the noble Lord is saying and recognise his ongoing concerns about the IT systems. I agree that it is important that those systems are right. The commission will inevitably inherit the current systems as improved by PR1. The fact that we resist being specific on...

My Lords, I welcome the noble Lord’s amendment and his interest in the movement of cases to the new arrangements. It is an important subject which we have discussed before. We know from experience that this will be one of the most significant challenges for the commission. In the light...

My Lords, I welcome the noble Lord’s amendment and his interest in the movement of cases to the new arrangements. It is an important subject which we have discussed before. We know from experience that this will be one of the most significant challenges for the commission. In the light...

My Lords, of course one would be foolish not to recognise that there may well be circumstances in extremis where the financial adjustment that shared care would produce could discourage shared care, but we do not believe that that is the generality. As I said, I believe that there is...

My Lords, of course one would be foolish not to recognise that there may well be circumstances in extremis where the financial adjustment that shared care would produce could discourage shared care, but we do not believe that that is the generality. As I said, I believe that there is...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for tabling this amendment, the import of which I understand a little better having heard him speak to it. The amendment would mean that when there had been shared care of 52 or more nights in the preceding 12-month period, the amount of...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for tabling this amendment, the import of which I understand a little better having heard him speak to it. The amendment would mean that when there had been shared care of 52 or more nights in the preceding 12-month period, the amount of...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, for the amendment, which, as he explained, seeks to extend the current period of 12 months during which parents with minutes of agreement registered in the Books of Council and Session or the sheriff court books may not apply to the...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, for the amendment, which, as he explained, seeks to extend the current period of 12 months during which parents with minutes of agreement registered in the Books of Council and Session or the sheriff court books may not apply to the...

moved Amendment No. 4: 4: Clause 62, page 50, line 17, at end insert— ““( ) An order under subsection (3) may include such transitional provision or savings as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient in connection with bringing any provision of this Act into force.”” On Question,...

moved Amendment No. 4: 4: Clause 62, page 50, line 17, at end insert— ““( ) An order under subsection (3) may include such transitional provision or savings as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient in connection with bringing any provision of this Act into force.”” On Question,...

My Lords, I am happy to confirm that it will be by an affirmative process. That is right, given the nature of the decision. On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 35 [Registered maintenance agreements: Scotland]:

My Lords, I am happy to confirm that it will be by an affirmative process. That is right, given the nature of the decision. On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 35 [Registered maintenance agreements: Scotland]:

My Lords, that is right, of course, but it follows the consequences and the review.

My Lords, that is right, of course, but it follows the consequences and the review.

My Lords, perhaps I may explain what I said. The amendment clarifies that should the commission cease to be a Crown body following the review by the Government, the order will be made by statutory instrument. I hope that has clarified the matter.

My Lords, perhaps I may explain what I said. The amendment clarifies that should the commission cease to be a Crown body following the review by the Government, the order will be made by statutory instrument. I hope that has clarified the matter.

moved Amendment No. 1: 1: Clause 11, page 5, line 36, after ““order”” insert ““made by statutory instrument”” The noble Lord said: My Lords, I shall speak also to the amendments grouped with Amendment No. 1. They are both minor and technical and make clear the implementation process by which...

moved Amendment No. 1: 1: Clause 11, page 5, line 36, after ““order”” insert ““made by statutory instrument”” The noble Lord said: My Lords, I shall speak also to the amendments grouped with Amendment No. 1. They are both minor and technical and make clear the implementation process by which...

Yes, my Lords. Stakeholders will be engaged on a range of matters, of which transition will certainly be one, as will the communications strategy that needs to go alongside that process. That will not necessarily be completed this year but will be ongoing, as it has been in the construction...

Yes, my Lords. Stakeholders will be engaged on a range of matters, of which transition will certainly be one, as will the communications strategy that needs to go alongside that process. That will not necessarily be completed this year but will be ongoing, as it has been in the construction...

My Lords, I cannot allow that to stand. I referred to the White Paper which set down the three-year timetable. Of course a lot of detailed thinking and planning has run on from that and continues on a daily basis, but that does not mean that we want to adhere...

My Lords, I cannot allow that to stand. I referred to the White Paper which set down the three-year timetable. Of course a lot of detailed thinking and planning has run on from that and continues on a daily basis, but that does not mean that we want to adhere...

My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill do now pass. In doing so, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, for his kind comments and reciprocate by thanking all noble Lords on the opposition Benches, my own Benches and the Cross Benches for the constructive way in which...

My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill do now pass. In doing so, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, for his kind comments and reciprocate by thanking all noble Lords on the opposition Benches, my own Benches and the Cross Benches for the constructive way in which...

My Lords, I cannot specifically confirm that; the precise arrangements will be in part up to the commission, but it seems to me that arrangements such as that are entirely appropriate and help to get misunderstandings out of the way and differentiate them from situations that underline a parent’s need...

My Lords, I cannot specifically confirm that; the precise arrangements will be in part up to the commission, but it seems to me that arrangements such as that are entirely appropriate and help to get misunderstandings out of the way and differentiate them from situations that underline a parent’s need...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, for moving the amendment, which seeks to extend the current period of 12 months during which parents with a court consent order for child maintenance may not apply to the commission for a maintenance calculation. The amendment would prevent such parents...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, for moving the amendment, which seeks to extend the current period of 12 months during which parents with a court consent order for child maintenance may not apply to the commission for a maintenance calculation. The amendment would prevent such parents...

My Lords, I was rather bemused by the amendment and I confess to remaining somewhat in that state. As set down, the amendments in this group would replace nearly all references to ““paragraph”” within Schedule 6 with ““Schedule””. Each paragraph within Schedule 6 enables information held by the specific government...

My Lords, I was rather bemused by the amendment and I confess to remaining somewhat in that state. As set down, the amendments in this group would replace nearly all references to ““paragraph”” within Schedule 6 with ““Schedule””. Each paragraph within Schedule 6 enables information held by the specific government...

My Lords, perhaps the noble Lord will allow me to intervene, as this is an important point. It is important that data channelled from one department to another for use in, in this case, child maintenance calculations is done through a formal, controlled process to ensure that the data are...

My Lords, perhaps the noble Lord will allow me to intervene, as this is an important point. It is important that data channelled from one department to another for use in, in this case, child maintenance calculations is done through a formal, controlled process to ensure that the data are...

Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill. Queens consent signified. Lords third reading debate. Bill passed and returned to the Commons with amendments.

Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill. Queens consent signified. Lords third reading debate. Bill passed and returned to the Commons with amendments.

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord McKenzie of Luton on 18 April (WA 220), whether they (a) have accepted the recommendation in the report HMRC Online Services that the XBRL computer language should be used for the filing of company tax returns; (b) have considered the degree to which...

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord McKenzie of Luton on 18 April (WA 220), whether they (a) have accepted the recommendation in the report HMRC Online Services that the XBRL computer language should be used for the filing of company tax returns; (b) have considered the degree to which...

Whether they have any plans to require companies to file tax returns using the XBRL computer language; and, if so, whether they have estimated the costs that will be imposed on small and medium-sized businesses.

Whether they have any plans to require companies to file tax returns using the XBRL computer language; and, if so, whether they have estimated the costs that will be imposed on small and medium-sized businesses.