§ Mr. StephenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will bring forward proposals to extend the function of the Child Support Agency to pay to the victims of crime the sum awarded to them by a court compensation order and to recover that sum from the offender against whom the order was made.
§ Mr. JackI am writing to the hon. Member to explain why the Government do not think that it would be appropriate to proceed in this way.