Current status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 July 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to review the law relating to sequestration in Scotland.
Consultation papers were issued by The Scottish Office in July 1997 and September 1998 on problems which had arisen with the application of the insolvency procedures under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985. We are considering the need for legislation in the light of the consultation responses.