Legal Aid — Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:53 pm on 29 November 2010.

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Photo of Lord McNally Lord McNally Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, Liberal Democrat Leader in the House of Lords 2:53, 29 November 2010

No, my Lords, but what is clear is that the citizens advice bureaux provide advice. The problem that we faced-and the previous Administration faced it too-is that legal aid is being used to cover a wider range of advice and help which can be better funded and supported in other ways. My honourable friend Jonathan Djanogly is having meetings with representatives of Citizens Advice in the next week. We will be looking at ways of helping citizens advice bureaux and other non-legal providers of advice.