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Carter Review (Legal Aid)

In the light of what the right hon. Gentleman has just said, will he consider as an example illustrating his point the case of Brighton Housing Trust immigration legal service? It is the sole legal aid provider of immigration advice in the constituency. It deals with 80 nationalities a year and a case load of 713 cases, which has doubled as this decade has gone on, and it anticipates that the scheme before us will mean a further loss of £44,000 a year in income to the firm. John Holmstrom of that organisation tells me—