CONVEYANCING STANDING COMMITTEE

HL Deb 31 July 1985 vol 467 cc329-30WA

Lord Campbell of Alloway

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What action they intend to take in respect of the primary recommendation of the Second Report of the Conveyancing Committee.

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone)

The Government accepts the recommendation of the Committee chaired by Professor Farrand that a Conveyancing Standing Committee should be established by the Law Commission to examine suggestions for the reform of conveyancing practice and law.

I have invited the Law Commission to appoint such a Committee in the immediate future to consider matters relating to conveyancing practice and procedure, to advise the Law Commission on reform of conveyancing law, and to promote changes in practice and procedure necessary to create and maintain a cheap, simple and effective conveyancing system from the point of view of buyers and sellers of land. The Committee's first objective will be to bring about within two years improvements which will be apparent to ordinary housebuyers and sellers.