Conveyancing (Hansard, 9 November 1987)

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the Attorney-General how many licences have been issued by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers.

§ The Attorney-General
Two hundred and twenty three licences have been issued by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers.

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the Attorney-General how many persons holding licences issued by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers are presently in practice as non-solicitor conveyancers offering conveyancing services to the general public.

§ The Attorney-General
Seventy-two persons holding licences issued by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers are presently in practice as non-solicitor conveyancers offering conveyancing services to the general public.

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the Attorney-General how many solicitors presently hold licences issued by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers.

§ The Attorney-General
Twenty-one solicitors presently hold licences issued by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers.

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the Attorney-General how many persons holding licences issued by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers are presently in the employment of solicitors.

§ The Attorney-General
Ninety-nine persons holding licences issued by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers are presently in the employment of solicitors.

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the Attorney-General to what extent the costs of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers are still being met by public funds.

§ The Attorney-General
For the period 1 January 1986 to 31 March 1989 the Council for Licensed Conveyancers is in receipt of a total grant in aid of £200,000. For the current financial year £55,000 has been allocated.

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the Attorney-General if he will list the rules already made by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers with concurrence of the Lord Chancellor; and what other rules have been drafted by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers which are presently awaiting the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor.

§ The Attorney-General
Those rules which have been made by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor are: the Council for Licensed Conveyancers' Licensing Rules 1987; the Licensed Conveyancers' Training Rules 1986; the Licensed Conveyancers' Practice Rules 1987; the Licensed Conveyancers' Accounts Rules 1986; the Licensed Conveyancers' Accounts (Deposit Interest) Rules 1986; the Accountants' Report Rules 1986; the Licensed Conveyancers' Indemnity Rules 1987; the Council for Licensed Conveyancers' Compensation Fund Rules 1987; the Investigating Committee and Discipline and Appeals Committee Rules 1987; the Licensed Conveyancers' Discipline and Appeals Committee (Procedure) Rules 1987.
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The Lord Chancellor has also made the Licensed Conveyancers' Discipline and Appeals Committee (Legal Assessor) Rules 1987.
The rules which are outstanding are: the Council for Licensed Conveyancers' Recognised Bodies Rules 1987; the Council for Licensed Conveyancers' Recognised Bodies Practice Rules 1987, together with various consequential amendments to the rules already made.