 House of Commons |
Session 2006 - 07 Publications on the internet General Committee Debates Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill |
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill |
The Committee consisted of the following Members:Chris
Shaw, Committee
Clerk
†
attended the Committee
Public Bill CommitteeTuesday 16 October 2007(Afternoon)[David Taylor in the Chair]Child Maintenance and Other Payments BillSchedule 7Minor
and consequential
amendments
Amendment
proposed [this day]: No. 136, in
schedule 7, page 69, line 16, at
end insert—
‘(1A) In section
4 (child support maintenance), in subsection (10)(a), after
“written maintenance agreement” insert “or a
registered minute of agreement”’.—[Paul
Rowen.]
4
pm
Question
again proposed, That the amendment be
made.
The
Chairman:
I remind the Committee that with this we are
discussing the following amendments: No. 137, in
schedule 7, page 69, line 16, at
end insert—
‘(1A) In that
section, in subsection (10)(aa) (which refers to maintenance
orders)—
(a) insert at
beginning “a registered minute of agreement made after 5th April
1993 or”
(b) for
“one year” substitute “48
months”’.
No.
138, in
schedule 7, page 69, line 16, at
end insert—
‘(1A) In section
7 (right of child in Scotland to apply for assessment), in subsection
(10), after “written maintenance agreement” insert
“or a registered minute of
agreement”’.
No.
139, in schedule 7, page 69, line 19, at end
insert—
‘(2A) In section 9
(agreements about maintenance), for subsection 1,
substitute—
“(1)
In this
section—
“maintenance
agreement” means any agreement for the making, or for securing
the making, of periodical payments by way of maintenance, or in
Scotland aliment, to or for the benefit of any
child.
“registered
minute of agreement” means any agreement containing provisions
relating wholly or partly to maintenance, or in Scotland aliment, to or
for the benefit of any child which has been registered for execution in
the Books of Council and Session or the sheriff court
books.”’.
No.
140, in
schedule 7, page 69, line 19, at
end insert—
‘(2A) In that
section, in subsection (2), at end add “or a registered minute
of
agreement”’.
No.
141, in
schedule 7, page 69, line 19, at
end insert—
‘(2A) In that
section, in subsection
(3)—
(a) after
“section 4(10)(a)” insert “and
(aa)”
(b) after
“written maintenance agreement” insert “or a
registered minute of agreement.”’.
No. 142, in
schedule 7, page 72, line 9, at
end
insert—
‘“registered
minute of agreement” has the meaning given in section 9(1) of
the Child Support Act
1991.’.
The
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
(Mr. James Plaskitt):
Before we rose for the
break I was trying to reach the end of my final sentence, but I did not
quite make it before the clock struck. In view of the reassurances that
I hope that I was giving to hon. Members, I was just about to ask the
hon. Member for Rochdale to withdraw his amendment and, if the hon.
Gentleman was still minded to press it to a vote, to urge my hon.
Friends to oppose
it.
Paul
Rowen (Rochdale) (LD): I listened carefully to what the
Minister said on this group of amendments, but, although I understand
his assurances, we Liberal Democrats feel that important principles are
at stake.
Question
put, That the amendment be
made:—
The
Committee divided: Ayes 6, Noes
8.
Division
No.
15
]
AYESNOES
Question
accordingly negatived.
Amendments made: No.
137, in schedule 7, page 69, line 16, at end
insert—
‘(1A) In that
section, in subsection (10)(aa) (which refers to maintenance
orders)—
(a) insert at
beginning “a registered minute of agreement made after 5th April
1993 or”
(b) for
“one year” substitute “48
months”’.
No.
135, in
schedule 7, page 69, line 26, at
end insert—
‘() In section
32(7) (regulations about appeals), after “include” insert
“—
(a) provision
with respect to the period within which a right of appeal under the
regulations may be
exercised;
(b)
”.’.—[Mr.
Plaskitt.]
Schedule
7
, as amended,
agreed
to.
Clause 53
agreed
to.
Schedule 8
agreed
to.
Clause 54Transition
Amendments
made: No. 130, in clause 54, page 42, line 33, after
‘Sections’ insert ‘20(5A),’.
No. 131, in
clause 54, page 42, line 33, leave
out
‘32K,’.
No.
132, in
clause 54, page 42, line 37, after
‘Sections’ insert
‘20(7A),’.
No.
133, in
clause 54, page 42, line 37, leave
out ‘32K,’.—[Mr.
Plaskitt.]
Clause
54
, as amended,
ordered to stand part of the
Bill.
Clauses
55 to 58 ordered to stand part of the
Bill.
New Clause 2Duty
of HM Revenue and Customs to ascertain financial circumstances of
non-resident parent
‘(1) In
section 11 of the Child Support Act 1991 (maintenance calculations)
after subsection (6)
insert—
“(6A)
Where subsection (6) applies or an application for a variation under
section 28 has been made by either the non-resident parent or the
parent with care and any question arises concerning the income of the
non-resident parent—
(a)
HMRC shall take all reasonable steps to investigate and verify the
financial circumstances of the non-resident parent in order to
establish his income for the purposes of this Act or regulations made
under it;
(b) the non-resident
parent shall provide such information as is required by HMRC in order
to verify the financial information submitted by him or on his
behalf.”.
(2) After
subsection (8) of that section
insert—
“(8A) In
this section “HMRC” means the Commissioners of Her
Majesty’s Revenue and
Customs.”’.—[Andrew
Selous.]
Brought
up, and read the First
time.
Motion
made, and Question put, That the clause be read a Second
time:—
The
Committee divided: Ayes 5, Noes
9.
Division
No.
16
]
AYESNOES
Question
accordingly negatived.
|
| |
| ©Parliamentary copyright 2007 | Prepared 17 October 2007 |