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
Debate on bills on Monday, 2 June 2008,
in the House of Lords,
led by Lord McKenzie of Luton.
The answering
member was Lord Skelmersdale.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
702 c29-46 
Session
2007-08
Legislative stage
Third reading
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill. As amended on Report.
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Bills
House of Commons
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Bills
House of Commons
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill. Lords amendments. Explanatory Notes Bill 116-EN also published.
Monday, 2 June 2008
Bills
House of Commons
Monday, 2 June 2008
Bills
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 702 c46 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill do now pass. In doing so, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Skelme...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 702 c45 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I cannot specifically confirm that; the precise arrangements will be in part up to the com...
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Lord Skelmersdale | 702 c45-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Minister said that the 12-month rule provides a balance between bedding down and the i...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 702 c44-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, for moving the amendment, which seeks to extend...
Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 702 c45 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords—before my noble friend sits down—his position is absolutely right, but can he confirm what ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 702 c41-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I was rather bemused by the amendment and I confess to remaining somewhat in that state. A...
Lord Skelmersdale | 702 c40-1 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 7:
7: Schedule 6, page 74, line 39, leave out ““paragraph”” and insert ““Sched...
Lord Skelmersdale | 702 c43-4 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 19:
19: Schedule 7, page 76, line 18, at end insert—
““(1A) In section 4(10)(a...
Lord Skelmersdale | 702 c43 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am all for it being done on a formal basis but, as I said, the Answer received by my hon...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 702 c42-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, perhaps the noble Lord will allow me to intervene, as this is an important point. It is im...
Lord Skelmersdale | 702 c42 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am extremely grateful to the Minister. Of course, I did not in any way want these amendm...
Lord Skelmersdale | 702 c39 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am not pressing a one-year recommendation. I explained in my opening remarks exactly the...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 702 c39 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, my Lords. Stakeholders will be engaged on a range of matters, of which transition will certainl...
Lord Skelmersdale | 702 c39 (Link to this contribution)
Well, my Lords, I suppose that I got something out of the Minister’s reply, but I am extremely grate...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 702 c39 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I cannot allow that to stand. I referred to the White Paper which set down the three-year ...
Lord Skelmersdale | 702 c39-40 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the guts of the answer that the Minister has given to estranged parents with children with...
Lord Skelmersdale | 702 c36 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, stating the obvious yes, but this is the first time it has been stated during the proceedi...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 702 c38-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I understand what the noble Lord is saying and recognise his ongoing concerns about the IT...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 702 c38 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support the amendment. It is important that the House sets standards by which the commis...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 702 c37-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I welcome the noble Lord’s amendment and his interest in the movement of cases to the new ...
Lord Skelmersdale | 702 c35-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, of course that is what we all hope for. I was rather slow on the uptake in answer to the i...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 702 c36 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, of course one would be foolish not to recognise that there may well be circumstances in ex...
Lord Skelmersdale | 702 c33-4 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 5:
5: Schedule 4, page 71, line 41, after first ““is,”” insert ““has been,””
...
Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 702 c34 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we need just one more piece of information. Is the parent with care to whom the noble Lord...
Lord Skelmersdale | 702 c34 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am only relating the facts as presented to me in the letter. I do not know the answer to...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 702 c34-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for tabling this amendment, the import of which I understand a litt...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 702 c32-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, for the amendment, which, as he explained, seeks to...
Lord Skelmersdale | 702 c32 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, far be it from me to get involved with the expertise of the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, bas...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 702 c33 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 4:
4: Clause 62, page 50, line 17, at end insert—
““( ) An order under subsect...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 702 c33 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply and for the trouble that he took in considering again t...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 702 c31-2 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 2:
2: Clause 18, page 16, line 30, at end insert—
““(A1) On expulsion or exclu...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 702 c31 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am happy to confirm that it will be by an affirmative process. That is right, given the ...
Lord Skelmersdale | 702 c30 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the review does not cause the Crown body to cease. What causes it, surely, is the Secretar...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 702 c30 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, that is right, of course, but it follows the consequences and the review.
Lord Skelmersdale | 702 c30 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we on this side of the House have no objection to these two sensible amendments. However, ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 702 c30 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, perhaps I may explain what I said. The amendment clarifies that should the commission ceas...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 702 c30 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 1:
1: Clause 11, page 5, line 36, after ““order”” insert ““made by statutory i...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 702 c29-30 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have it in command from Her Majesty the Queen to acquaint the House that Her Majesty, ha...
Lord Skelmersdale | 702 c36-7 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 6:
6: Schedule 5, page 73, line 8, leave out ““The Secretary of State may”” an...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 702 c31 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I also understand the reason for the two government amendments, but if the review finds th...
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