Question follow-through · 56488
Debt Collection: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of statutory regulation for the bailiff industry.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 2 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of statutory regulation for the bailiff industry.
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jun 2025
Answer published
Whilst most enforcement agencies have already signed up to the Enforcement Conduct Board’s (ECB) voluntary accreditation scheme, the Government believes that it is necessary to take action so that all enforcement agents, High Court Enforcement Officer and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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