New Clause 1 — Register of dormant accounts

Part of Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 5:00 pm on 3 November 2008.

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Photo of David Taylor David Taylor Labour, North West Leicestershire 5:00, 3 November 2008

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for imparting his professional knowledge to the House. Could he go a little further and say whether there is any legal obligation imposed on executors and administrators to conduct a reasonably thorough search for less obvious assets, such as dormant accounts, that the deceased may have left?