§ Mr. Isaacsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has considered representations by hon. Members on the anxiety felt by trades unionists lest the device of attachment which it is proposed to use for the enforcement of maintenance orders should be introduced as a means of recovering civil debts or collecting fines; and whether he will now make a statement in reply.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerI know that some trades unionists and employers are anxious on this score. I can assure the right hon. Gentleman that I have no intention of introducing legislation to make the attachment of earnings available for the recovery of ordinary civil debt or for the collection of fines, to which in my view different considerations apply from those which apply to obligations under maintenance orders.