This briefing sets out how the Child Maintenance Service calculates the amount of maintenance payable under the 2012 statutory scheme.

This briefing sets out how the Child Maintenance Service calculates the amount of maintenance payable under the 2012 statutory scheme.

Today, the Government will publish a child maintenance consultation: improving the collection and transfer of maintenance payments.

Families play a fundamental role in the success of our society, so it is crucial that all types of families have their financial needs met. For some families that are separated, paying and receiving...

Today, the Government will publish a child maintenance consultation: improving the collection and transfer of maintenance payments.

Families play a fundamental role in the success of our society, so it is crucial that all types of families have their financial needs met. For some families that are separated, paying and receiving...

My Right Honourable Friend, The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mel Stride MP) has made the following Written Statement

Today, the Government will publish a child maintenance consultation: improving the collection and transfer of maintenance payments.

Families play a fundamental role in the success of our society, so it is...

My Right Honourable Friend, The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mel Stride MP) has made the following Written Statement

Today, the Government will publish a child maintenance consultation: improving the collection and transfer of maintenance payments.

Families play a fundamental role in the success of our society, so it is...

Child maintenance: Improving the collection and transfer of payments. Public consultation. 34p.

Child maintenance: Improving the collection and transfer of payments. Public consultation. 34p.

Child Maintenance: Accelerating enforcement. Public consultation. 10p.

Child Maintenance: Accelerating enforcement. Public consultation. 10p.

Motion that the House sit in private. Negatived on question. Report stage. Government New clause 1 debated and agreed to on question. Bill reported as amended. Third reading. Agreed to on question. Bill passed.

Motion that the House sit in private. Negatived on question. Report stage. Government New clause 1 debated and agreed to on question. Bill reported as amended. Third reading. Agreed to on question. Bill passed.

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

New clause 1 makes amendments to the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 that correspond to the amendments this Bill makes to the Child Support Act 1991 in respect of England, Wales and Scotland. The amendments make provision for Northern Ireland to allow victims of domestic abuse who use the...

New clause 1 makes amendments to the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 that correspond to the amendments this Bill makes to the Child Support Act 1991 in respect of England, Wales and Scotland. The amendments make provision for Northern Ireland to allow victims of domestic abuse who use the...

I thank my hon. Friend, the Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression for moving these important Government amendments. I was delighted to co-sign them. These new amendments will allow for the provisions in the Bill to include Northern Ireland. That will mean that domestic abuse victims, not just in...

I thank my hon. Friend, the Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression for moving these important Government amendments. I was delighted to co-sign them. These new amendments will allow for the provisions in the Bill to include Northern Ireland. That will mean that domestic abuse victims, not just in...

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart) for bringing this Bill before the House to address such an important issue. I expect that problems with the Child Maintenance Service and domestic abuse are some of the most universal and least partisan that my colleagues...

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart) for bringing this Bill before the House to address such an important issue. I expect that problems with the Child Maintenance Service and domestic abuse are some of the most universal and least partisan that my colleagues...

My apologies, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will wait for Third Reading.

Question put and agreed to.

New clause 1 accordingly read a Second time, and added to the Bill.

My apologies, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will wait for Third Reading.

Question put and agreed to.

New clause 1 accordingly read a Second time, and added to the Bill.

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

As many hon. Members heard me say on Second Reading, I emphasise that this Bill is an important measure for victims of domestic abuse who use the Child Maintenance Service. I am proud, delighted and grateful that it...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

As many hon. Members heard me say on Second Reading, I emphasise that this Bill is an important measure for victims of domestic abuse who use the Child Maintenance Service. I am proud, delighted and grateful that it...

I am delighted to be here today, as I was when the Bill was in Committee. As constituency MPs, I think we all know the issues that the CMS presents when domestic abuse is involved. Indeed, I have a constituent whose children are grown up, but who still has moneys...

I am delighted to be here today, as I was when the Bill was in Committee. As constituency MPs, I think we all know the issues that the CMS presents when domestic abuse is involved. Indeed, I have a constituent whose children are grown up, but who still has moneys...

I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention, and completely agree with her. I am absolutely confident that the Bill will help prevent those sorts of long-term coercive and abusive behaviours that many women and children have had to put up with over the years.

I reiterate how pleased I was...

I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention, and completely agree with her. I am absolutely confident that the Bill will help prevent those sorts of long-term coercive and abusive behaviours that many women and children have had to put up with over the years.

I reiterate how pleased I was...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will start again.

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart) for bringing forward a private Member’s Bill to address such an important issue. I expect that problems with the Child Maintenance Service and domestic abuse are some of the...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will start again.

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart) for bringing forward a private Member’s Bill to address such an important issue. I expect that problems with the Child Maintenance Service and domestic abuse are some of the...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart) on bringing forward this incredibly important Bill. Domestic abuse is truly awful. It is insidious behaviour that goes on behind closed doors, making victims feel traumatised in their own homes. The point of the Bill is that...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart) on bringing forward this incredibly important Bill. Domestic abuse is truly awful. It is insidious behaviour that goes on behind closed doors, making victims feel traumatised in their own homes. The point of the Bill is that...

It is a genuine pleasure to respond to this debate from the Opposition Front Bench. I thank and congratulate the

hon. Member for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart) on bringing this important Bill to the House and on all her hard work in this area. We fully support the Bill...

It is a genuine pleasure to respond to this debate from the Opposition Front Bench. I thank and congratulate the

hon. Member for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart) on bringing this important Bill to the House and on all her hard work in this area. We fully support the Bill...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart) on bringing forward this important Bill and getting it to Third Reading. This is a really important issue. I think we have all had cases in our constituency surgeries—we have heard it from Members already—where people have...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart) on bringing forward this important Bill and getting it to Third Reading. This is a really important issue. I think we have all had cases in our constituency surgeries—we have heard it from Members already—where people have...