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Wills: Older People and Vulnerable Adults |
| Question ID: |
1787229 |
| UIN: |
40319 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5230 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Warinder Juss
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Warinder Juss
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what safeguards exist for (a) vulnerable and (b) elderly people when (i) wills and (ii) codicils are prepared for them. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-31 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4849 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Alex Davies-Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
AlexDaviesJones
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AlexDaviesJones
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| Answer text: |
There are various safeguards in statute (principally the Wills Act 1837) and the common law in relation to the making of wills and codicils. The law requires that a testator must have the necessary testamentary capacity to make a will, and for that will t... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |