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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

In thanking my noble friends Lady Hollis and Lord Howarth for their support, perhaps I may reassure my noble friend Lord Howarth that there will be no problem for Members of Parliament. The new elected senators or Members of the House of Lords can take up all these problems because they will have nothing else to do. I love constituency work. How it will go will be interesting. Anyone who has been elected know that people first go to their local authority and to their councillors and then to become an MP. When I was working with MEPs, saw it also went on to there. This is one of the cheapest amendments one will ever get. The estimate is that for every £1 spent on legal aid on benefits advice the state saves more than £8. We are trying to give the Government the opportunity to have the evidence to change their minds. Given that there will be a post-legislative review, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 7B withdrawn. Clause 8 : General cases Amendment 8 Clause 8 : General cases Amendment 8 Moved by