Clause 83
Legal Services Bill [Lords]
9:00 am
Simon Hughes (Party President, Cross-Portfolio and Non-Portfolio Responsibilities; North Southwark and Bermondsey, Liberal Democrat)
The Minister has not answered the question. If the solicitors firm in Lewisham high street provides a good service and good access to justice, paragraph (e) of subsection (5) would not defend its interests any more than it would defend consumers’ interests. A bad firm would not, by definition, provide access to justice because it would not provide a just service for finding just solutions. Please will the Minister think again? Her argument does not stack up. It may have been put to her, but that does not mean that she must buy it.