§ 10 pm
§ Mrs. Alice Mahon (Halifax)I beg leave to present a petition
To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled.The humble petition of the residents of Halifax sheweth that they regard the Child Support Act 1991 as a failure, and believe that its effect upon single mothers on income support and on second families is injurious, that many women on income support have been left worse off through loss of passported benefits and that single mothers have been intimidated to authorise theChild SupportAgency to pursue fathers of second families. This is grossly unfair and a serious poverty trap and the petition therefore calls on this House to abolish the Child Support Act and the agency.Wherefore your petitioners pray etc.
§ To lie upon the Table.