Legal Aid: Post-Implementation Review

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:45 pm on 7 February 2019.

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Photo of Karen Buck Karen Buck Labour, Westminster North 12:45, 7 February 2019

Will the Lord Chancellor confirm what everybody involved in legal aid knows, which is that the post-LASPO cuts have led to expenditure in other service areas, specifically the courts service? Does the report quantify that expenditure? Will he confirm that the report confirms that the Department does not know whether the reductions in legal aid have resulted in the service being targeted on those in greatest need? Finally, will he confirm that, welcome though it is, the extra money provided today represents less than 2% of the total reduction in the budget since 2013?