Baroness Morris of Yardley (Lab)

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan, for introducing this debate and for the way in which she presented it. I sense, as the noble Lord, Lord Barber, said, that this could b

My Lords, in responding briefly to the debate, I would first like to thank everybody who contributed. There is a wealth of knowledge and experience in this Room today. We made the same point about wis

My Lords, I am very pleased to speak to the report from the Public Services Committee, Reforming the Child Maintenance Service . In doing so, I thank everybody whose work has helped us to produce it.

That the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Public Services Committee Reforming the Child Maintenance Service (3rd Report, HL Paper 181, Session 2024–26).

My Lords, I very much welcome this document. It is very important and ambitious, but it is not without risk. The way in which the Government have consulted on it—and, in a way, taken their time—gives

My Lords, I will very quickly add my support to Amendment 206. I shall be brief, because the points have already been made. I was a fellow traveller on the committee that considered this and I share w