§ 68. Mr. Leadbitterasked the Minister of Public Building and Works how many Government offices have been located outside the London area since 1961; in what regions they have been sited; and how many new jobs these have provided.
§ Mr. PrenticeSeventy-five offices have been opened outside London since 1961 with nearly 14,000 staff, rising to over 25,000 as moves and recruitment continue. Plans are in hand for setting up a further 30 offices with about 21,000 staff. The Post Office are included in these figures. Further details are as follows:
Justice to revert to the practice in operation between 1960 and 1963 of permitting the domicile of deceased persons whose permanent home was in Wales to be described as Wales; and why such practice was discontinued.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe practice was discontinued because domicile is a legal concept, involving a reference to the whole of a territory possessing its own system of law. A person cannot therefore be said to be domiciled in Wales, though no doubt he could be accurately described as domiciled in England and Wales. For this reason, it is not proposed to reintroduce the practice.
§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Attorney-General if he will publish in Wales the contents of a circular dated 4th July, 1966, addressed to the District Probate 85W Registrars of the High Court of Justice, whereby the domicile in documents leading to the grant of probate or letters of administration of deceased persons whose permanent home was in Wales may be described as England and Wales and not only as England.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe circular made it clear that where a deceased person was alleged to have died domiciled in England and Wales a statement to that effect might be included in the grant of representation. The circular was intended only for the use of District Probate Registrars to whom it was circulated both in England and in Wales. No useful purpose would be served by publishing it.