May Adjournment

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 11:45 am on 3 May 2018.

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Photo of Edward Leigh Edward Leigh Conservative, Gainsborough 11:45, 3 May 2018

Forty years ago, I was an impecunious young criminal barrister. Typically, I was sent off to magistrates courts and Crown courts all over outer London and less salubrious parts of London, and I was paid £4 a day, four years in arrears. Life was tough then too. I did not come from a wealthy family. My father was a civil servant, and I had to live at home with my poor parents until I was 32. It has always been very tough for those starting at the criminal Bar.