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| Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill
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| [fifth and sixth Sittings]
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| Clause 6, page 2, line 27, after ‘fees’, insert ‘to a person who has failed to pay an |
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| amount of child support maintenance’. |
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| Clause 6, page 2, line 27, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | The Secretary of State may only make regulations under subsection (1) when he |
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| | is satisfied that the Commission is capable of providing a satisfactory service to |
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| | parents and children in terms of its duties under this Act.’. |
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| Clause 6, page 2, line 38, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that the provisions of the Child |
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| | Support Act 1991 (c. 48) with respect to— |
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| | (a) | the collection of child support maintenance, |
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| | (b) | the enforcement of any obligation to pay child support maintenance, |
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| | | shall apply equally (with any necessary modifications) to fees payable by virtue |
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| | of regulations under subsection (1).’. |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| Clause 7, page 3, line 14, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | Before any arrangements are made pursuant to subsection (1) above, the |
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| | Commission must ensure that consideration has been given to how the specific |
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| | arrangements sought will contribute to the Commission’s main objective of |
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| | maximising the number of children living apart from one or both of their parents |
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| | for whom effective maintenance arrangements are in place.’. |
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| Clause 8, page 3, line 26, at end insert ‘, except for functions relating to collection |
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| and enforcement exercised under sections 19 to 28 of this Act.’. |
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| Clause 8, page 3, line 26, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | Before any authorisation is given pursuant to subsection (1) above, the |
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| | Commission must ensure that consideration has been given to how the specific |
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| | authorisation sought will contribute to the Commission’s main objective of |
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| | maximising the number of children living apart from one or both of their parents |
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| | for whom effective maintenance arrangements are in place.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 4, line 32, after ‘on’, insert ‘section 7(1) and’. |
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| Clause 9, page 4, line 32, at end insert ‘; and, in respect of each authorisation under |
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| section 8(1), details of the body to whom the functions of the Commission have been |
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| delegated and their performance in contributing to the Commission’s objectives.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 4, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(e) | the number of children who live apart from one or both of their parents |
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| | who are eligible for child maintenance under the Child Support Act 1991; |
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| | (f) | the proportion of those children for whom child maintenance has been |
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| | paid in the previous year; |
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| | (g) | the type of arrangement—whether voluntary or under the statutory |
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| | (h) | where child maintenance has been paid, details of the amount; the |
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| | frequency of payment; whether paid in full or in part; and whether paid |
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| Clause 9, page 4, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(e) | information concerning the historic debt to be collected by the |
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| | (i) | the total amount of historic debt; |
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| | (ii) | the numbers of individual debtors and individual amounts owed |
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| | expressed as a proportion within different bands of debt levels; |
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| | (iii) | the steps taken to recover that debt, including the budget and |
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| | staffing resources devoted to this activity; and |
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| | (iv) | the amount of debt considered uncollectable, broken down by the |
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| Clause 9, page 4, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(e) | information concerning the historic debt to be collected by the |
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| | (i) | the total amount of historic debt; |
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| | (ii) | the numbers of individual debtors; |
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| | (iii) | the amounts of debt owed, broken down by bands; |
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| | (iv) | the steps taken to recover that debt, including the budget and |
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| | staffing resources devoted to this activity; and |
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| | (v) | the amount of debt considered uncollectable, broken down by the |
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| Clause 9, page 4, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(e) | the extent to which the Commission has made progress regarding the |
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| | collection and payment of arrears.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 4, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(d) | details of any complaints received and how these complaints were |
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| Clause 9, page 4, line 39, at end insert ‘and must make a motion in the House of |
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| Commons in relation to each such report.’. |
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| Clause 10, page 5, line 8, at end insert ‘and laid before Parliament’. |
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| | Clauses 11 and 12 Agreed to. |
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| Schedule 3, page 61, line 31, leave out paragraph 51. |
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| | Clauses 13 and 14 Agreed to. |
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| [Adjourned till Tuesday 9th October at 10.30 a.m. |
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