HL Deb 26 July 1974 vol 353 c2035WA
LORD GARDINER

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What are their proposals for the future of the Public Trustee Office, having regard to the recommendations made in the Report of the Committee of Inquiry (Cmnd. 4913) that the Office should be run down.

THE LORD CHANCELLOR

The Government consider that the Public Trustee performs a valuable public service and they do not propose to take any action on the recommendations of the Hutton Committee.