Clause 71
Legal Services Bill [Lords]
8:30 pm
Adrian Bailey (PPS (Rt Hon Adam Ingram, Minister of State), Ministry of Defence; West Bromwich West, Labour)
With the greatest respect, I do not feel that the hon. Gentleman’s comparison is valid in terms of the perception that elderly and deprived peopleare queuing outside their lawyers as a result of competition. To suggest that those facilities are being removed is far from the truth. The irony is that although competition is causing difficulties for post offices, for law firms and solicitors it provides the opportunity to open up new markets.