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Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill [Lords]

I was trying to steer close to the sort of thing that you would accept on Third Reading, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I shall steer closer to the Bill's central point. It is amazing to relate, but if one is very rich, one probably has assets that are hidden away and that one does not think about. The Bill rightly provides that, though the moneys are private, if they have been forgotten and unused, there should be a facility to use them, even though they can be reclaimed. I want the fact that the Government have followed that route in relation to money in accounts to encourage them to be equally purposeful about other assets that are held privately, for example, land on brownfield sites or empty housing. I shall not go further, Madam Deputy Speaker. I simply remind the Government that they can be positive in a similar way about other matters.

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Reference

482 c90 

Session

2007-08

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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