Other Meetings in 2006

During 2006 the IPC met on seven occasions.
• The Chairman and Secretary had several meetings with members of the Insolvency Service and also on four occasions throughout the year with the Chairman and Secretary of the JIC;

• The Chairman and Secretary had meetings with members and staff of the IPA, ICAEW, ICAS and ACCA;

• The Chairman and Secretary met with the President and Chief Operatiing Officer of R3. The Chairman also attended an R3 regional meeting on IVAs and other members were delegates at the R3 Smaller Practice Group annual Forum;

• One of the IPC lay members took part in the debate at the Money Advice Liaison Group annual conference, also attended by three other IPC members;

• Two members of the IPC attended the Credit06 conference;

• Several members attended the IS meeting to discuss the Bankruptcy Courts Survey research results, an IS evaluation seminar on the Enterprise Act 2002 and a meeting about future research;

• IPC lay members attended a number of training courses, mainly those organised by R3, thanks to the grant made available for this purpose by the Trustees of the Barbican Settlement; and

• The IPC submitted comments to the consultation papers on the Memorandum and Principles for Monitoring, the Consolidation of Secondary Insolvency Legislation, the draft Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill and the Insolvency Code of Ethics.

Our aims for 2007 include to:

• Meet regularly with the IS, the JIC, the RPBs, R3 and other bodies as appropriate, eg, the OFT and the BBA;

• Participate in the efforts to improve the working of IVAs following the IVA Forum held in Birmingham in January (the IPC participated in a Working Party on Compliance and Regulation held in February);

• Maintain pressure on the RPBs and the insolvency profession to progress the recommendations made in this Annual Report;

• Keep in touch with the implementation of the Bankruptcy & Diligence (Scotland) Bill and maintain contact with the Accountant in Bankruptcy and Citizens Advice Scotland;

• Visit the RPBs and IPs in Northern Ireland;

• Keep abreast of developments in the wider debt advice market through contacts with Citizens Advice, the MAT, the Debt Resolution Forum and the Bankruptcy Advisory Service and by visiting a selection of commercial and not-for-profit debt advice organisations;

• Respond to government consultation papers on relevant issues, eg on SIVAs;

• Attend relevant courses and conferences;

• Address conferences and regional R3 meetings on the work of the IPC when invited;

• Monitor press reports concerning the insolvency profession; and

• Respond to questions posed via the IPC website and telephone.

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