§ Mr. Weetchasked the Attorney-General if he will take steps to amend Section 20 of the Solicitors Act 1957, 5 & 6 Eliz 2, Ch. 27, in order that solicitors no longer have a monopoly of conveyancing house property.
§ Mr. Weetchasked the Attorney-General if he will initiate discussions with the Law Society with a view to simplifying the method of conveyancing residential property.
The Attorney-GeneralMy noble Friend does not consider that such discussions are necessary at present. The simplification of conveyancing is already being achieved by the progressive extension of the system of registered title throughout England and Wales.
108Wthose with arts degrees, those with scientific and technical degrees, those with other qualifications and those with no post-school qualifications.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe post-school qualifications recorded in the Central Management Staff Record for all civil servants in the Under-Secretary and higher grades—i.e. all members of the Open Structure—and for those in the Assistant Secretary grade of the Administration Group are set out in the following table.
§ Mr. Weetchasked the Attorney-General what effects the abolition of scale charges have had on the fees consumers pay to solicitors for conveyancing of residential house property.
The Attorney-GeneralIt is too early to reach any conclusions on the effect of the change referred to by my hon. Friend.