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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Grey-Thompson (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 27 March 2012. It occurred during Debate on bill on Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.


Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

3: Schedule 1, page 140, line 5, at end insert— ““Children under 18 1 (1) Civil legal services in relation to advice and proceedings where a child is, or proposes to be, the applicant or respondent in proceedings, or where the child is represented by a legal guardian, including— (a) private family law; (b) any benefit, allowance, payment, credit or pension under— (i) the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, (ii) the Jobseekers Act 1995, (iii) the State Pension Credit Act 2002, (iv) the Tax Credits Act 2002, (v) the Welfare Reform Act 2007, (vi) the Welfare Reform Act 2011, or (vii) any other enactment relating to social security; (c) all areas of education law not otherwise covered in this Schedule; (d) all areas of housing law not otherwise covered in this Schedule; (e) all areas of debt-related disputes not otherwise covered in this Schedule; (f) all areas of immigration and asylum law not otherwise covered in this Schedule; (g) all areas of clinical negligence law not otherwise covered in this Schedule; (h) all areas of consumer law not otherwise covered in this Schedule; (i) appeals to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority; (j) civil legal services relating to a review or appeal under section 11 or 13 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007; and (k) civil legal services relating to an appeal to the Supreme Court.””


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
736 c1256-7 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Children Children in care Alcoholic drinks Defamation Damages Costs Alternatives to prison Housing benefit Housing Health services Human rights Legal aid scheme Human trafficking Empty property Insolvency Legal costs Homelessness Abduction Newspaper press Misuse Monitoring Magistrates Negligence Probation Metals Social security benefits Sentencing Vulnerable adults Young people Social services Theft Squatting Conditional fee agreements Citizens' advice bureaux Community orders Care leavers
Legislation
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill 2010-12
Link
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