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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

At end insert ““but do propose Amendment 24B as an amendment in lieu”” 24B* Page 21, line 7, at end insert— ““( ) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Lord Chancellor's duty to a person eligible for legal aid advice under section 1(1) must include— (a) a duty to secure the provision of initial face-to-face advice; and (b) a duty to secure the provision of legal aid advice in a range of forms, taking account of the needs of the person eligible for such advice (““the client””), including— (i) the client's vulnerability; (ii) the client's capacity to represent himself or herself and communicate his or her case, including any written documentation; (iii) the client's health (including mental health) issues; (iv) the impact and consequences on the client, or his or her family, of failing to receive advice and assistance under this Part; (v) the age of the client; or (vi) that it is otherwise in the interests of justice.””