Orders of the Day — Clause 15 — Repeal of sections 6 and 46 — 3 Dec 2007 at 19:30

Amendment proposed: No. 1, in page 7, line 26, at end add-

'(2) In section 4 of the Child Support Act 1991 (child support maintenance) for subsection (10) substitute-

"In the event that the parent with care and the non-resident parent have entered into a binding Minute of Agreement and-

(a) each party has received independent legal advice prior to signing the said Minute of Agreement;

(b) the agreement contains within it provisions for the maintenance of any children whether by regular payments, transfers of capital or a combination of the two;

(c) there is provision to reconsider any regular payments in the event of a material change of circumstances; and

(d) there is provision within the agreement for enforcement in the event that either party fails to adhere to the provisions of the agreement,

no application may be made to the commission with respect to a qualifying child or qualifying children specified in the agreement."'.- [Mr. Weir.]

Question put, That the amendment be made:-

The House divided: Ayes 148, Noes 257.

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Stephen TimmsEast HamLab (minister)no
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Don TouhigIslwynLab (minister)no
Jon TrickettHemsworthLabno
Paul TruswellPudseyLabno
Desmond TurnerBrighton, KemptownLab (minister)no
Neil TurnerWiganLab (minister)no
Derek TwiggHaltonLab (minister)no
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Tom WatsonWest Bromwich EastLab (minister)no
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Alan WhiteheadSouthampton, TestLab (minister)no
Alan WilliamsSwansea WestLab (minister)no
Michael WillsNorth SwindonLab (minister)no
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Rosie WintertonDoncaster CentralLab (minister)no
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Iain WrightHartlepoolLab (minister)no
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Malcolm BruceGordonLDem (front bench)aye
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Lynne FeatherstoneHornsey and Wood GreenLDem (front bench)aye
Don FosterBathLDem (front bench)aye
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Martin HorwoodCheltenhamLDem (front bench)aye
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Greg MulhollandLeeds North WestLDem (front bench)aye
John PughSouthportLDem (front bench)aye
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Paul RowenRochdaleLDem (front bench)aye
Bob RussellColchesterLDem (front bench)tellaye
Adrian SandersTorbayLDem (front bench)aye
Robert SmithWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineLDem (front bench)aye
Andrew StunellHazel GroveLDem (front bench)aye
John ThursoCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDem (front bench)aye
Steve WebbNorthavonLDemaye
Stephen WilliamsBristol WestLDem (front bench)aye
Phil WillisHarrogate and KnaresboroughLDem (front bench)aye
Jennifer WillottCardiff CentralLDem (front bench)aye
Stewart HosieDundee EastSNP (front bench)tellaye
Michael WeirAngusSNP (front bench)aye

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