Clause 36
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill
10:30 am
Paul Rowen (Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions; Rochdale, Liberal Democrat)
I beg to move amendment No. 50, in clause 36, page 35, line 21, at end insert—
‘(3A) The results and finding of all pilot schemes must be published in separate reports—
(a) every six months while the pilot scheme is in operation, and
(b) at the conclusion of every pilot scheme.’.
Like the previous amendment, this is a probing amendment. I seek a little more information from the Minister about the operation of pilot schemes and, in particular, how the results and findings of such schemes will be processed and published. If a pilot scheme is operated, the results should be made available. The amendment seeks to ensure that the results and findings are published every six months when a pilot scheme is in operation and at the conclusion of every pilot scheme. I should be grateful if the Minister could tell us how the Government intend to operate any pilot scheme.