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Part of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill – in the House of Lords at 3:45 pm on 5 March 2012.

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Photo of Lord McNally Lord McNally Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, Liberal Democrat Leader in the House of Lords 3:45, 5 March 2012

It is not being denied; it is still there. However, in very difficult economic circumstances, we are making tough judgments and drawing lines, as successive Governments have had to do about where legal aid applies and where it does not.