Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of legislation enabling families of missing people to protect financial and legal affairs of such people.
My Department’s assessment of our proposals for legislation enabling families of missing people to protect their financial and legal affairs is set out in the consultation paper Guardianship of the Property and Affairs of Missing Persons published on 27 August 2014 and the response paper published on 23 March 2015. We will bring forward legislation when Parliamentary time allows.