Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to establish an independent body to provide for the regulation of enforcement agents.

The Government will launch a call for evidence shortly to evaluate the enforcement agent reforms introduced by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. Evidence received from the call for evidence will be used to inform our assessment of the current regulation of the industry, and options for further reform.