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CSA REFORMS HALF-BAKED AND LET DOWN LOCAL PEOPLE: MULHOLLAND

January 19, 2006 12:00 AM

Commenting on CSA reform proposal to hand over the collection of unpaid maintenance to private debt collecting firms, local MP and member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, Greg Mulholland MP said:

"I've been inundated by concerned constituents who are continuing to be let down by this failing agency.

"Ministers have become fixated by enforcement measures so they can give the appearance of doing something.

"But this proposal ducks the fundamental reforms necessary - to get assessments done quickly and to collect maintenance efficiently.

"There is a risk that these 'bounty hunters' will simply go for the soft cases and if they are paid out of the money they are supposed to be collecting, this will be lost to the children it is meant for."

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