Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he intends to introduce regulations on charging orders under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.

Mr. Straw
The enforcement law reforms in part 4 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, which relate to charging orders, require the development of underpinning rules and regulations.

A recently completed scoping exercise, which involved a series of meetings with relevant stakeholders, identified issues that require further public consultation.

Our proposed approach to progressing this and achieving implementation of the Act is being developed and we anticipate that this part of the work will be completed shortly.