Orders of the Day — Clause 1. — (Restriction on Publication of Contents of Wills and Amounts of Estates.)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 May 1959.

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Sir C. Mott-Radelyffe:

I can tell the hon. Gentleman briefly that my hon. Friends and I cannot accept this Amendment. The whole principle of the Bill, as I have said before, is that a testator should be allowed to opt as to whether or not he wishes his will to be published. If we were to accept this Amendment it would straight away exclude the testator's right to opt to make that choice. For that reason, we are not prepared to accept the Amendment.