§ The Earl of Kinnoullasked Her Majesty's Government:
What plans they have to implement the recommendations in the Law Commission Report Restitution: Mistakes of Law and Ultra Vires Public Authority Receipts and Payments (Law Com. No. 227).
§ The Lord Chancellor (Lord Mackay of Clashfern)The Government have given careful consideration to the report which makes recommendations falling under two quite separate heads. The Government have accepted the Law Commission's recommendations for general legislation on the restitution of benefits conferred under a mistake of law and will introduce legislation implementing those recommendations when a suitable opportunity arises. The further recommendations relating toultra vires receipts by public authorities raise other issues, which we are now considering.