We welcomed the opportunity to comment on the Ministry of Justice’s Taking control of goods regulations consultation paper.
This response was submitted by the Taking Control coalition campaign for bailiff reform.
Taking Control is a coalition of civil society and debt advice organisations, including StepChange Debt Charity, campaigning for independent regulation of the bailiff industry and other reforms to ensure fair and appropriate treatment of financially vulnerable people facing debt enforcement.
We broadly welcomed the proposals in this consultation, and laid out detailed comments on the proposals in our response.