Child Support Agency

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:59 pm on 24 January 2006.

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Photo of Lord Skelmersdale Lord Skelmersdale Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions 2:59, 24 January 2006

My Lords, I confess that I was expecting a slightly different Answer, because various activities have been revealed in speeches from the Secretary of State and in press briefings, not least the contracting-out of debt collecting pertaining to the Child Support Agency. How many cases are under review? The noble Lord will know that I have been in correspondence about one such case. It would be wrong for debts to be collected from absent parents in such circumstances, would it not?