§ Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Attorney-General whether he will introduce legislation to provide for automatic co-ownership of a matrimonial home, for the grant 170W of a legal right to a surviving spouse to inherit part of an estate irrespective of the contents of any will, and a system of community of property which would lead to an equal distribution of property at the end of a marriage, in accordance with a working paper submitted by the Law Commission on 26th October, 1971.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe Law Commission has asked for comments on its published working paper on Family Property Law by 30th June, 1972, to assist it in preparing a final report. Until that has been considered legislation would be premature.