Clause 5
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill
3:30 pm
Christopher Chope (Christchurch, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 76, in clause 5, page 2, line 23, leave out ‘may provide information’ and insert
‘may ensure that information is provided’.
No. 17, in clause 5, page 2, line 24, at end add—
‘(3) The Secretary of State may by regulations make arrangements to allow information and guidance under subsection (1) to be provided in conjunction with other services delivered by any relevant authority to parents and children who are experiencing or who have experienced family breakdown.
(4) In this section “relevant authority” means—
(a) any Minister of the Crown or department of the Government of the United Kingdom;
(b) a public body specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section.
(5) Any regulations made under subsection (3) may be made so as to have effect for a specified period not exceeding 24 months.
(6) A pilot scheme may provide that its provisions are to apply only in relation to—
(a) one or more specified areas or localities;
(b) one or more specified classes of person;
(c) persons selected by reference to prescribed criteria, or on a sampling basis.
(7) A pilot scheme may make consequential or transitional provision with respect to the cessation of the scheme on the expiry of the specified period.
(8) A pilot scheme may be replaced by a further pilot scheme making the same or similar provision.’.
No. 35, in clause 5, page 2, line 24, at end add—
‘(3) The Secretary of State may by regulations make arrangements to allow information and guidance under subsection (1) to be provided in conjunction with other services delivered by any relevant authority to parents and children who are experiencing or who have experienced family breakdown.
(4) In this section “relevant authority” means—
(a) any Minister of the Crown or department of the Government of the United Kingdom;
(b) a public body specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section.’.