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Ministerial statement on Monday, 15 November 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord McNally.

Legal Aid and Civil Costs Reform

Lords statement on proposals for the reform of legal aid and the reform of civil litigation funding and costs in England and Wales.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
722 c555-67 
Session
2010-12
Department
Ministry of Justice
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord McNally | 722 c567 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend Lord Strathclyde is encouraging me to cheap populism by agreeing that we s...
Lord McNally | 722 c565-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can give some limited encouragement. It is true that the law centre movement and other s...
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Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 722 c566 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the reference to promoting alternative dispute resolution to accelerate and simp...
Lord McNally | 722 c566 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if we are going to recalibrate legal aid, we shall have to explore the alternative resolut...
Lord Beecham | 722 c566 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister agree that the conflation of the costs of civil and criminal legal aid i...
Lord McNally | 722 c566 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall write to the noble Lord on the specific numbers that are being dealt with in areas...
Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 722 c567 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, are the Government aware that the greatest advances in the development of law happe...
Lord Boateng | 722 c565 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, no one would seriously suggest that we should not reform the legal aid and civil costs reg...
Lord McNally | 722 c565 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend’s question points to many of the problems that we face. If legal aid is automaticall...
Lord Davies of Stamford | 722 c564 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very sorry that the Minister just brushed aside the leaks in this case, as the Govern...
Lord McNally | 722 c564 (Link to this contribution) I think that I had better duck for cover in this case. I hear the point that the noble Lord makes. I...
Viscount Slim | 722 c563-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, following on from what the noble Lord said just now, I should like to thank the noble Lord...
Lord McNally | 722 c564 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I associate myself with the comment of the noble Viscount, Lord Slim, about the noble Lord...
Lord Davies of Stamford | 722 c563 (Link to this contribution) I am very sorry that the noble Lord just brushes aside the leaks in this case—
Lord Thomas of Gresford | 722 c562-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I cannot welcome the Statement, but I welcome the fact that the Minister has said that not...
Lord McNally | 722 c563 (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend. His question gives me the opportunity to mention a point raised by the nobl...
Lord Bach | 722 c559-61 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement made in another place by the right honour...
Lord McNally | 722 c555-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wish to repeat a Statement made earlier today by my right honourable friend the Lord Cha...
Lord McNally | 722 c561-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I agree with the noble Lord about the press coverage over the weekend. I wonder wha...
Baroness Browning | 722 c564-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, can my noble friend clarify the response that he gave the noble Lord, Lord Bach, just a fe...
Subjects
Criminal proceedings Care proceedings Asylum Damages Debts Civil proceedings Bureaucracy Coroners Crown Court Legal profession Employment Housing Fees and charges Education Legal aid scheme Immigration Domestic abuse Insurance Legal costs Discrimination Judicial review Forced marriage Family proceedings Mental illness Negligence Social security benefits Reform Telephone services Conditional fee agreements Expert evidence Legal Aid Procurement Review Community Legal Advice Civil Litigation Costs Review
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