Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 119A: 119A: After Clause 84, insert the following new Clause— ““Assessing household income (1) The debtor must, at the prescribed times, provide the proper county court with household particulars of— (a) earnings, (b) income, (c) assets, (d) outgoings, and (e) liabilities. (2) For the purposes of this section, ““household”” is to be considered as the aggregate income for a family or couple co-habiting.”” The noble Lord said: The amendment is intended to be inserted as a separate clause in Part 4 entitled ““Enforcement of judgments and orders””. Clause 84 concerns attachment of earnings orders and Clause 85 concerns charging orders. Amendment No. 119A would be inserted between the two clauses. It is a straightforward amendment, which seeks to define household income in relation to attachment of earnings orders to make it clear that this is the relevant figure to which the court should address itself. I do not think that I need to say more about it than that. I beg to move.