§ Mr. Hillasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to empower magistrates' clerks to collect moneys from employers who deduct maintenance payments from wages or salaries but fail to send them promptly to the court office for redirection.
§ Mr. MayhewThe Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 provides that an employer who is deducting maintenance under an attachment of earnings order shall forward the payments to the court as and when the deductions are made. Failure to take all reasonable steps to comply with the order is an offence punishable by a fine.