Oral Answers to Questions — Legal Aid Scheme

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 28 July 1964.

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Photo of Sir John Hobson Sir John Hobson , Warwick and Leamington 12:00, 28 July 1964

If I may say so with respect, I do not think that that is a very fair way of describing the legal aid scheme. There were 130,000 applicants for legal aid last year, of whom 94,000 received assistance. Legal advice was also given to 61,000 people, and I should have thought that, on the whole, the Legal Aid Scheme had been of great benefit to a large number of people. The scheme is kept constantly under review by my noble Friend the Lord Chancellor. There is an annual report to Parliament in pursuance of the 1949 Act, and the Law Society and the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee keep all complaints under review from time to time.

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