Clause 9
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill
4:15 pm
Mark Harper (Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions; Forest of Dean, Conservative)
The particular significance of my hon. Friend’s point is that, while we hope that things will go well, they may not, and a debate on a motion on the Floor of the House of Commons has the advantage of providing an opportunity for Members to vote on the motion and express a view on the performance of the agency. Other forms of debate—in Westminster Hall, for example, on a motion for the Adjournment—do not, except in extreme situations of adjourning the House, afford hon. Members that opportunity.