Schedule 7
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill
12:45 pm
Michael Weir (Spokesperson (Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; Energy; Work and Pensions); Angus, Scottish National Party)
We have returned to our earlier debate on my amendment relating to minutes of agreement. I do not intend to repeat all I said. However, it is important that minutes of agreement are recognised, and also that the one-year time scale will seriously undermine the take-up of such agreements. That is a shame because it is a way for many couples, although not all couples, to deal with their difficulties. I will support the amendment if it is pressed to a Division.