Proceeding contribution from Karl Turner (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 15 March 2012. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Legal Aid.
Legal Aid
Some 97% of funding to Citizens Advice will go as a result of the Government's plans, so my hon. Friend makes a valid point. I am not just talking about the for-profit providers. The non-profit providers also provide important legal advice to people in our constituencies. I want to attempt to bust a myth that the Government are perpetuating. There seems to be the suggestion that publicly funded lawyers are fat cat lawyers earning fat cat salaries. In reality, publicly funded lawyers, whether solicitors or barristers, earn very modest incomes if funded by legal aid. The Lord Chancellor says that he does not want to hit women and children, but he does want to target fat cat lawyers. Why, then, is he making 53% cuts to social welfare legal aid?
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- 2010-12
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