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answering dept short name	Justice
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
answer › question first answered	2016-02-17T16:10:13.46Z
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

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03/02/2016

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Criminal Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what research they have undertaken into the number of legal practitioners who will still be able to provide criminal legal aid services in England and Wales in the light of the decision to abandon proposals to reduce significantly the number of duty solicitors in those countries.

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Lord Wigley

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17/02/2016

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<p>All organisations who bid for own client contracts in 2015 will have the opportunity to bid for criminal legal aid work when we invite applications for replacement contracts later in the year. As my colleague, Lord Faulks, told the House on 28 January, a process of natural consolidation is already taking place in the criminal legal aid market, following the reduction in crime and natural competition.</p>

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Lord Keen of Elie

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17/02/2016 16:10:13

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