{"longTitle":"A Bill to establish the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission; to amend the law relating to child support; to make provision about lump sum payments to or in respect of persons with diffuse mesothelioma; and for connected purposes.","summary":"<p>The Bill proposes to replace the Child Support Agency with a new body, the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.  </p><p>Parts 1-3 and Part 5 of the Bill aim to reform the child support maintenance system. Part 4 contains provisions to extend compensation to all people suffering from diffuse mesothelioma. </p><p>The Child Support Agency was set up in 1993 following the Child Support Act 1991, which was subsequently amended in 1995 and 2000. </p><p><strong>Key areas</strong></p><ul><li>Changes the present system of maintenance collection </li><li>Changes the way maintenance payments are calculated </li><li>Strengthens the collection and enforcement methods available to the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission </li><li>Introduces new powers to manage debt</li><li>Fast tracks up-front lump sum payments for people diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma and their dependants</li><li>Amends the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 in order to fund payments through a compensation recovery mechanism.</li></ul>","sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":567,"name":"Mr Peter Hain","party":"Labour","partyColour":"d50000","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/567/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/567/contact","memberFrom":"Neath"},"organisation":{"name":"Department for Work and Pensions","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions"},"sortOrder":1},{"member":{"memberId":3694,"name":"Lord McKenzie of Luton","party":"Labour","partyColour":"d50000","house":"Lords","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/3694/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/3694/contact","memberFrom":"Life peer"},"organisation":{"name":"Department for Work and Pensions","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions"},"sortOrder":2}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":121,"shortTitle":"Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Unassigned","originatingHouse":"Commons","lastUpdate":"2009-02-23T11:52:31","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":1,"introducedSessionId":20,"includedSessionIds":[20,21],"isAct":true,"currentStage":{"id":1633,"stageId":11,"sessionId":21,"description":"Royal Assent","abbreviation":"RA","house":"Unassigned","stageSittings":[{"id":1501,"stageId":11,"billStageId":1633,"billId":121,"date":"2008-06-05T00:00:00"}],"sortOrder":18}}