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date	13/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Law: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to implement the Low Commission's recommendation that legislative proposals should be brought forward to (a) make the Access to Justice Foundation the recipient of unclaimed damages in collective actions and (b) introduce a compulsory Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts scheme for firms with profits above an agreed threshold with the proceeds of that scheme being paid to the Access to Justice Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	22234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government commends those providers of legal services who already use the monies generated from their client accounts to help fund pro bono and charitable work. We would encourage other providers to follow that example. We want to create a one nation justice system to work better for victims and to deliver a faster and fairer justice for all citizens. We are considering how this can be taken forward.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 20/01/2016 15:18:21 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

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date	11/01/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Future of Advice and Legal Support Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for the Government's policy on the Low Commission's reports, Tackling of the findings of the Advice Deficit, published in 2014, and Getting it Right in Social Welfare Law, published in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	21808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>Government is supporting, free, independent and social welfare advice, including through the Advice Services Transition Fund (ASTF).</p><p>The ASTF is supporting the sector to be able to respond with confidence to the challenges presented by the changing funding environment. The ASTF is a transformational fund and, rather than providing running costs, it is designed to support more collaborative and sustainable ways of working.</p><p>We are working with the Big Lottery Fund to ensure that learning from the fund is identified and shared across the advice services sector.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 20/01/2016 15:08:11 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter