Legal Aid
There have been votes in Parliament on the subject of eligibility for legal aid. Matters which have been voted on include means testing, if aid should be generally restricted to those residing in the UK, and which legal services should be funded by legal aid.
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Priti Patel generally voted for restricting the scope of legal aid
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of their votes on the topic. You can browse the source
data on PublicWhip.org.uk.
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On 26 Apr 2022:
Priti Patel voted against providing publicly funded legal representation for bereaved people at inquests where a public body has a connection to the case.
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On 25 Jan 2022:
Priti Patel was absent for a vote on Judicial Review and Courts Bill — New Clause 4 — Publicly Funded Legal Representation for Bereaved People at Certain Inquests
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On 9 Jul 2014:
Priti Patel was absent for a vote on Draft Civil Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2014 — Residence Test for Legal Aid Eligibility
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On 22 Jan 2014:
Priti Patel voted in favour of legal aid only being provided in cases assessed to have a greater than "borderline" chance of success.
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On 5 Dec 2012:
Priti Patel voted to extend legal aid to certain welfare appeals and certain international child benefit recovery cases.
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On 5 Dec 2012:
Priti Patel voted to approve proposed criteria for determining if legal aid is to be awarded in particular circumstances.
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On 17 Apr 2012:
Priti Patel voted not to require the Lord Chancellor to ensure that, subject to resources, individuals have access to legal services that effectively meet their needs.
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On 17 Apr 2012:
Priti Patel voted against making legal aid available in respect of social welfare decisions.
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On 17 Apr 2012:
Priti Patel voted against making legal aid available to children in a wider range of cases.
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On 2 Nov 2011:
Priti Patel voted against making legal aid available to cover the entirety of assistance required where people are deemed to have complex, interconnected needs, some of which do not usually attract aid.
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On 2 Nov 2011:
Priti Patel voted to reform legal aid, including removing it from some types of cases, to reform sentencing, and remand and to introduce new offences relating to threatening with a weapon.
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On 31 Oct 2011:
Priti Patel voted against explicitly including threats plus financial and emotional abuse in the definition of domestic abuse used in relation to the award of civil legal aid to domestic abuse victims.
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On 31 Oct 2011:
Priti Patel voted against making legal aid available in clinical negligence cases.
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On 29 Jun 2011:
Priti Patel voted to reform legal aid, including removing it from some types of cases, to reform sentencing, and remand and to introduce new offences relating to threatening with a weapon.
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