Guardianship of Property and Affairs of Missing Persons
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Shailesh Vara)
My right hon. Friend, the Minister for Justice, Lord Faulks, has made the following statement:
On 17 December 2013 the Under-Secretary of State for Justice, my hon. Friend the Member for North West Cambridgeshire (Mr Vara), issued a written ministerial statement—Official Report, column 92WS—announcing that work was progressing on a consultation paper on the possible creation of a status of guardian of the property and affairs of missing persons and that he would make a further statement in relation to the publication of the paper before the Easter recess.
The Government are committed to helping people who are put into the awful position of losing a loved one who has gone missing. I am today confirming that my Department is continuing to work with the charity Missing People and its pro bono lawyers Clifford Chance LLP to prepare the consultation paper and intend to publish it as soon as possible and in any event by the end of August.