Clause 6
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill
11:15 am
Tim Boswell (Daventry, Conservative)
Although I fully understand that the Minister does not want to hamper or fetter the commission in coming up with any fee-charging scheme, or in the general discharge of its functions, would he mind if I put down a marker on the question of costs? The clause, as drafted, has a cost-related fee structure, but does the Minister agree that it is very important that CMEC at least gets a grip on its costs in individual cases, in particular categories, and at the margin in pursuing individual cases? Unless it understands that structure, even if it does not reflect it in the unit charge, it will not be able to manage its job or discharge the work efficiently overall.