§ Mr. Jon Owen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what arrangements he has made to exempt women resident in refuges for battered women from having to go through the Child Support Act 1991 procedures in order to give evidence that harm and undue distress may result from the fathers of their children being pursued for maintenance.
§ Mr. BurtI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Bow and Poplar (Ms Gordon) on 11 March at column697.