§ Miss Wrightasked the Secretary of State for Trade if, following his reply to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Hands-worth, 7 July, he will state which provisions of the Estate Agents Act 1979 he considers he will not be able to bring into operation in the second part of 1981.
§ Mr. EyreThe provisions which it is not proposed to bring into operation in 1981 are sections 16 and 17—insurance for clients' money—19—power to limit pre-contract deposits—and 22—standards of competence. It is also unlikely that orders under section 3 (1) (a) (iii) or (d) as to offences or undesirable practices relevant to the fitness of an estate agent to carry on business or regulations under section 18 supplementing the requirements of that section will be made until later.