Proceeding contribution from Lord Phillips of Sudbury (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 20 December 2011. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
The noble Lord has just made the case for the Government rather succinctly. That is the argument; what I am saying is that if you put the qualifying phrase, "““within the resources made available””," into Clause 1, then everything is subservient to it. At the moment, the legal aid cost rises and falls—it usually rises but occasionally falls—according to the demands of the citizen upon it within the scope of legal aid availability. As I say, with this phrase in it the Government could say at the start of the year, ““We are not paying out more than blank pounds for legal aid””, and that would be that.
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- 733 c1703
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- 2010-12
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- House of Lords chamber
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- Disability Contracts Databases Disadvantaged Costs Civil proceedings Advisory services Fees and charges Education Legal aid scheme Expenditure EU law Learning disability Mental illness Private sector Low incomes Procurement Sentencing Standards Training Telephone services Remand in custody Citizens' advice bureaux Lord Chancellor
- Legislation
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill 2010-12
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