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Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill

I have two things to say about that. Circumstances in Scotland are different in a number of respects. One of the most fundamental is that the Scottish courts, unlike the English, are accustomed to doing maintenance calculations—at least they did in my day. I may be talking slightly out of turn because it is a long time since I practised in the courts. The family law situation in Scotland is a much smaller jurisdiction anyway—there is a much smaller group of practitioners and the scale is also different, although I understand that court orders are administered in the same way in terms of how the court handles them. My main plea is to have further discussions about how registered maintenance agreements are conducted. If that could happen between now and Report I would happily settle for that. On that basis, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendments Nos. 193 to 195 not moved.] Clause 33 agreed to. Clause 34 agreed to. Clause 35 [Additional special case]: