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Proceeding contribution from Vera Baird (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 11 January 2007. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Legal Aid.


Legal Aid

It is being addressed. I have made the position clear. The fees incorporate all the time that is currently spent, as necessary, by not-for-profit sector bodies and solicitors on vulnerable people who do not have English as their first language. All that time is wrapped up in the budget, which remains the same and is cut into fixed fees, instead of being paid by the hour. I assure my hon. Friend of that, and, further, of something that I have said more than once already—that there are now suppliers in his constituency who are doing the work in question, with the difficult people to whom he referred, for a lower cost than the new fixed fees.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
455 c167WH 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Subjects
Community Legal Service Legal profession Fees and charges Legal aid scheme Legal Services Commission Reform
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk