§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will introduce legislation to allow banks 1319W and other institutions in Scotland to give effect to instructions regarding the disposal of assets in Scotland belonging to a deceased person in respect of whose estate a court in England and Wales has granted probate to a person resident in England and Wales without having to have grant of probate resealed in Scotland.
§ Mr. James Douglas-HamiltonThe Administration of Estates Act 1971 already makes provision for the reciprocal recognition in any one part of the United Kingdom of grants and confirmations issued in any other part, without the need for resealing.