In May 2022, the Ministry of Justice indicated in its response to the Modernising Lasting Powers of Attorney consultation that it intended to bring forward primary legislation to amend the MCA 2005 to reform a number of key provisions relating to LPAs. Stephen Metcalfe MP introduced in December a Private Members’ Bill, the Powers of Attorney Bill 2022, which has government support, and has progressed beyond second reading.

In this podcast, I do a short walkthrough of the Bill and some of the key changes it is proposing (as well as one key one which is not been proposed.

For the original video, and the resources referred to in the podcast, see here.