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Similarly, attachment of earnings orders, which are similar to deduction of earnings orders, mean that a person may apply to the court to require a person’s employer to make payments to them directly from their pay. The only difference is that these orders are made by an independent court, but the Bill proposes to allow a Minister—whose role, by its very nature, is not independent but involved in politics—to make these orders. The status quo provides judicial authorisation where there has been wrongdoing, whereas these parts of the Bill require neither judicial authorisation nor, in many instances, proof of wrongdoing.