50. Captain WATTasked the Attorney-General if he is prepared to initiate some State-aided scheme whereby litigation could be made cheaper for those people with incomes of less than £500 per annum?
The SOLICITOR-GENERALI do not consider that the scheme suggested by the hon. and gallant Member is desirable or practicable.
Captain WATTIs the Solicitor-General aware that the high costs of litigation, particularly in regard to divorce proceedings, are making it almost impossible for poor people with incomes under £500 to seek their rights in the courts of the country?
The SOLICITOR-GENERALThere is already in existence a procedure for dealing with the professional costs of poor persons. The question of the hon. Member seeks to extend that procedure.