Divorced mums and dads who do not pay child maintenance should be punished with a “home curfew” preventing them from leaving their house, ministers have heard.
Conservative MP Dr Kieran Mullan said home detention for parents who do not pay support to their children would act as a “powerful reality check” for them.
The Crewe and Nantwich MP told the Commons: “When discussing this issue, we are talking about the most important building block in our society - the need for parents to take responsibility for their own children. The overwhelming majority of parents do exactly that, whether together or separately they take care of their financial responsibilities."
