Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru), on Tuesday, 10 February 2015, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 29 members in total.

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COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS REPORT ON REFORM OF LEGAL AID

That this House welcomes the Thirty-sixth Report from the Committee of Public Accounts, on Implementing reforms to civil legal aid, HC 808; is concerned by the figures published by the Committee which highlight a 30 per cent rise in cases starting in family courts where both parties are representing themselves as well as a significant fall in mediation for family law cases of 38 per cent in the year after the reforms were implemented; is alarmed by the lack of routine data collection by the Ministry of Justice on key issues such as the length of hearing, types of cases and representation of parties; agrees with the Committee's recommendation that such information should be collected in order to understand and manage the long-term impact of litigants in person; and calls on the Government and the Secretary of State for Justice urgently to review their reforms and fully evaluate their impact on the public.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

785 

Session

2014-15

Other sponsors

Caroline Lucas

John McDonnell

Jessica Morden

Mary Glindon

Ian Lavery

Subjects

Legal aid scheme

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk