§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Attorney-General if he will include in the scope of the committee he has appointed to study amendment of the law the need for modernising the law relating to teenagers in Scotland and England.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI do not know what committee the hon. and learned Member has in mind. He will be aware that the Latey Committee on the Age of Majority has recently reported and that it was announced in this House and in another place on 10th April, 1968 that the Government have in general accepted the recommendations made in their report. The Law Commission has been invited to consider the proposals made 101W by the Latey Committee for substantive changes in the law of infants' contracts, and is already examining family law with a view to its systematic reform and eventual codification.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland is considering whether legislation is required to amend the law of Scotland in relation to minors.
As other branches of the law are reviewed their application to different age groups will no doubt be considered.