HC Deb 15 December 1988 vol 143 c663W
Dr. Glyn

To ask the Attorney-General what steps he is taking to seek to bring the law of sale of property in England in line with Scots law to avoid gazumping.

The Attorney-General

None. Such legislation is unnecessary because the differences between England and Scotland in the way in which property is usually sold are differences of practice, not of law; and the procedural delays which permit gazumping in England are best dealt with by changes in practice.

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