HC Deb 17 July 1998 vol 316 c316W
Mr. Hurst

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what representations he has received concerning the Scriveners Company and the provision of notarial services in central London. [50131]

Mr. Hoon

My Department wrote to interested parties on 29 May to ask for their views on whether the Government should seek to abolish the current statutory requirement that public notaries can practise in the City of London and the surrounding three miles only if they are members of the Scriveners Company. Representations on this subject have been received from a number of individuals and from:

  • Messrs. Hartwig;
  • Messrs. John Venn & Sons;
  • The Association of Solicitor Notaries in Greater London;
  • The Faculty Office of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury;
  • The Law Society of England and Wales;
  • The Notaries' Society;
  • The Office of Fair Trading;
  • The Scriveners Company;
  • The Society of Public Notaries of London.

The Lord Chancellor hopes to announce the Government's decision in due course.

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