Clause 25
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill
Public Bill Committees, 11 October 2007, 2:15 pm
Danny Alexander (Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Work & Pensions; Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey, Liberal Democrat)
The purpose of the amendment is to probe the Government on the reasons for the range of different levels of appeal that are allowed in the Bill. It relates to the intervention by the hon. Member for Angus on an earlier clause. The current CSA is unable to take enforcement action, other than placing a deduction of earnings order, without applying to the magistrates court for a liability order. If that fails, the CSA can then apply to the courts for a charging order against the non-resident parent’s property, for example.
As the Bill stands, CMEC will be able to apply administrative enforcement—