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Ministerial statement on Thursday, 13 July 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Vera Baird.


Carter Review

Statement on the publication of Lord Carter of Coles's Review of Legal Aid Procurement


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
448 c1509-20 
Session
2005-06
Department
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Vera Baird | 448 c1517-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that contribution. I am aware of his correspondence about bottlenecks and...
Lord Wills | 448 c1517 (Link to this contribution) I add my welcome to the statement and to the delivery of this much needed review. The whole House w...
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Vera Baird | 448 c1516-7 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. A point was put to me about the demise of high street solicitors. I cannot say that they wi...
David Heath | 448 c1516 (Link to this contribution) It would be better if fewer people needed to be brought to justice.
Vera Baird | 448 c1518 (Link to this contribution) There are references to the no win, no fee system and a number of other non-legal-aid means of finan...
Lord Whitehead | 448 c1518 (Link to this contribution) I too thank my hon. and learned Friend for her statement. What impact does she consider that Lord Ca...
Vera Baird | 448 c1518 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept that there will be a dreadful scenario for small town solicitors. I am impressed by ...
Lord Bellingham | 448 c1518 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister agree that small market town solicitors are often the lifeblood of local communiti...
Vera Baird | 448 c1519 (Link to this contribution) Clearly, part of the thrust of Lord Carter’s report and of the Government’s position is that one rea...
Sally Keeble | 448 c1519 (Link to this contribution) Northampton is one of the legal aid deserts that have been discussed, to such an extent that I have ...
Oliver Heald | 448 c1511-2 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Under-Secretary for her courtesy in giving the Opposition early sight of her st...
Vera Baird | 448 c1509-11 (Link to this contribution) With permission, I wish to make a statement about the publication of Lord Carter of Coles’s Review o...
Fiona Mactaggart | 448 c1514 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. and learned Friend for her statement, and welcome her to her post. I am concerned ab...
Vera Baird | 448 c1512-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his welcome for the report and his hope, which I share, that it will ...
David Heath | 448 c1514-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. and learned Lady for her statement, and Lord Carter for his work on the review. I a...
Vera Baird | 448 c1514 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that question. Neighbourhood accountability may go beyond Lord Carter’s r...
Vera Baird | 448 c1516 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his welcome and for his praise of the process that has led us to wher...
Diana Johnson | 448 c1519 (Link to this contribution) Humberside law centre closed in 2005, which has meant that many of my constituents have been unable ...
Vera Baird | 448 c1520 (Link to this contribution) I sympathise with my hon. Friend’s comments. There was of course auditing of advice by the community...
Vera Baird | 448 c1519-20 (Link to this contribution) I am aware of the position in Humberside, largely because my hon. Friend initiated a debate in Westm...
Ian Lucas | 448 c1520 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. and learned Friend take forward the idea of an audit of advice within particular geogra...
Subjects
Competition Legal profession Fees and charges Legal aid scheme Procurement Duty solicitors Legal Aid Procurement Review
Link
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