Closed petition Protect vulnerable debtors in enforceable Taking Control of Goods ​Regulations

Closed on 6 May 2018

Taking Control of Goods National Standards contains guidance for Enforcement Agents when dealing with vulnerable debtors - this guidance is unclear and results in vulnerable people being exploited unnecessarily and new Regulations to clarify this should be debated by Parliament

Give stronger support to vulnerable council tax debtors than provided in T​aking Control of Goods​, National Standards for Enforcement Agents​ paras 70-78 Vulnerable Situations. Local Authority should be advised not to send bailiffs to collect the tax from households which have no income due to zero hours contract, benefit sanction or Universal Credit. Bailiffs should be required to report those circumstances​ in households they call on ​to the local authority with out taking any further action.