Plans to scrap the Child Support Agency and replace it with a child maintenance agency will be debated by MPs later today. Iain Duncan Smith says plans to charge extra for lodging a complaint will help the Government cover costs.
Pensions minister Steve Webb denied the Government's child maintenance reforms were "immoral" for imposing charges on money meant for youngsters at the centre of their parents' strained relationship
Lib Dem Webb defended the plans and told Daybreak "children are at the centre of these reforms".
"The 20% additional charge is on top of the maintenance that is paid across to the family.
"What that does is for somebody who is not complying, who is not taking their responsibilities seriously, that provides them with an incentive they do not currently have to sort things out directly with their partner."
Mr Webb added that the department of work and pensions was trying to help those already" trying to turn things round" and all the evidence pointed to encouraging parents to sort out finances between themselves
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