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Oral Answers to Questions

Bambos Charalambous Excerpts
Tuesday 5th June 2018

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lucy Frazer Portrait Lucy Frazer
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I challenge the hon. Gentleman on his figures. I am happy to give him the correct figures, but the Government are doing a lot to reduce waiting times for every type of tribunal, by increasing the number of members of the judiciary and bringing in a number of measures to make tribunals work much more effectively together.

Bambos Charalambous Portrait Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate) (Lab)
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One of my constituents has a brother who has been missing for more than a year. She would like to step in to manage his affairs and protect his property and finances, but she cannot: although the Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017 received Royal Assent on 27 April 2017, it has yet to come into force because the rules of court have not been published. When will the Minister publish the rules of court to allow the Act to take effect, so that my constituent can deal with her missing brother’s affairs?