Margaret Thatcher on child maintenance legislation
- Title
- Margaret Thatcher on child maintenance legislation
- Genre
- Speech
- TX Date
- 18 Jul 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:02:36
- Description
- Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announcing proposals for new legislation on child maintenance. On the establishment of a Child Support Agency to trace absent parents and make them accept their financial obligation for their children, and an assessment of maintenance which takes into account the parent’s ability to pay.
- Contributors
- Margaret Thatcher
- Keywords
- Legislation; Social security; Single parents; Family; Child Support Agency; Child maintenance
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