Legal Aid Reform

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Justice – in the House of Commons at on 4 June 2019.

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Photo of Charlie Elphicke Charlie Elphicke Conservative, Dover

I congratulate my hon. Friend on his new position and his excellent answer. Many are concerned that reductions in legal aid from 2000 onwards have gone too far, meaning that people struggle to get access to justice. Does he agree that the time has come better to fund legal aid, rethink the abolition of conditional fee agreements and ensure the court system as a whole is funded, to make sure we uphold the rule of law?