Proceeding contribution from Lord McNally (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
I cannot give precise figures, but I am, as I said, the Minister responsible for digital development within the system and have been witnessing a lot of work going on, concerning how to make websites understandable, accessible and people-friendly. Since we are being swamped with advice, a little bit that has come to me says that, under the Access to Justice Act 1999, the provision of information is part of civil legal aid, but we have decided to take it out of the concept of legal aid because, although it appears in Section 4(2)(a) of the 1999 Act, the Legal Services Commission did not in practice treat it as something that it would normally fund. It was put in the Act, but nothing happened, which is not unknown.
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- 733 c1757-8
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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
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- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill 2010-12
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