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Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008
Summary
This Act reformed how child maintenance (financial support for children whose parents have split up) is organised and collected in the UK. It created a new system to make it easier for parents to pay what they owe and for families to receive the money they're entitled to.
A vote to support means
- —Supporting this Act means backing rules that help ensure parents pay child maintenance (money to support their children after separation). It aims to make the system fairer and faster, so children get the financial support they need and single parents aren't left struggling.
A vote to oppose means
- —Critics worry the Act could be too harsh on parents who struggle to pay, or that it gives too much power to the Child Maintenance Service to collect money. Some also question whether the system is efficient enough or if it unfairly targets certain groups of parents.
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Bill Passage
Commons
- 1st reading5 Jun 2007
- 2nd reading4 Jul 2007
- Committee stage17 Jul 2007
- 1st reading7 Nov 2007
- 2nd reading7 Nov 2007
- Report stage3 Dec 2007
- 3rd reading3 Dec 2007
Lords
- 1st reading4 Dec 2007
- 2nd reading18 Dec 2007
- Committee stage29 Jan 2008
- Report stage7 May 2008
- 3rd reading2 Jun 2008
Royal Assent5 Jun 2008
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