Clause 83
Legal Services Bill [Lords]
9:00 am
Bridget Prentice (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Justice; Lewisham East, Labour)
Inefficient and poor-quality solicitors firms in, say, Lewisham high street, may be protected by the fact that they put access to justice above the other objectives, rather than upping their game to consider all the objectives. Consumer groups have told me that that is one of their fears, and it is why we tabled the amendment. It is important to consumer organisations that access to justice is one of the regulatory objectives, but they feel that it should not be put above the others.