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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Justice – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 29 January 2008.

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Photo of Andrew MacKinlay Andrew MacKinlay Labour, Thurrock 2:30, 29 January 2008

Can we have a review of the law relating to wills? How is it that all our wills will be disclosed and subject to public scrutiny, but those of the royal family are not? By what logic or fairness are the wills of the royal family covered up? What are the limits to the royal family? Presumably we are all ultimately members of the royal family, but I would like to know where the boundaries lie. There might be an exception for the Head of State, but not for all the others. It is time the system was modernised and democratised, and I expect this Labour Government to do something radical for a change. How about it?