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Debate between Nigel Adams and Caroline Dinenage
Tuesday 2nd July 2013
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(11 years, 5 months ago)
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Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty) (Con)
11. If he will take steps to ensure that in cases where a person has disappeared and is presumed dead, their family and loved ones are better able to deal with the practical and administrative issues that arise. [R]
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport) (Con)
13. If he will take steps to ensure that in cases where a person has disappeared and is presumed dead, their family and loved ones are better able to deal with the practical and administrative issues that arise.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mrs Helen Grant)
We are working with the General Register Office to create the rules and regulations necessary to implement the Presumption of Death Act 2013, which will create a single certificate of presumed death equivalent to a death certificate.