Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Committee (5th Day) (Continued)

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 9:00 pm on 24 January 2012.

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Photo of Lord Bach Lord Bach Shadow Spokesperson (Justice) 9:00, 24 January 2012

The Government may not have done that analysis, but the Law Centres Federation and the CABs have. I do not have the precise figure in my head, but law centres would do about 70 per cent less work because of the matters that are taken out of scope. It would not be quite as much, of course, in the case of the CABs, but they would have a much reduced caseload which would make their existence in some cases doubtful. That work has been done by the agencies, but I agree with my noble and learned friend that the department should perhaps confirm those figures or come up with some new ones. The agencies are going to lose work.