HC Deb 15 January 1976 vol 903 c187W
8. Mr. Spriggs

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps his Department is taking towards ending the problem of the one-parent family where the husband repeatedly defies a court maintenance order; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Alexander W. Lyon

We do not think there is scope for further sanctions against maintenance defaulters. The powers of magistrates' courts are already extensive.