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Proceeding contribution from Lord McNally (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 18 January 2012. 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 Welsh Women’s Aid report has been published very recently and we will look carefully at it. I should point out that the organisation surveyed women who are in receipt of domestic violence services rather than women who are seeking legal aid for private family matters. It is a distinction but it means that the survey may not fully square with the issues that we are looking it. We know that this latter group will often, for example, seek a domestic violence injunction at the same time as they take their private family law action, and thereby will qualify for legal aid. None the less, we will look closely at this matter and I will perhaps write to the noble and learned Baroness on her other point.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
734 c602-3 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disability Children Compensation Admissions Asylum Detainees Consent to medical treatment Damages Debts Crown lands and estates Credit Equality Housing Education Legal aid scheme Immigration Domestic abuse Human trafficking Discrimination Learning disability Domestic service Landlords Evictions Drinks Duchy of Cornwall Medical treatments Patients Protection Nutrition Palliative care Migrant workers Social security benefits Water Special educational needs Sexual offences Refugees Repairs and maintenance Tenants Rented housing Repossession orders Debt relief orders
Legislation
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill 2010-12
Link
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