§ 65. Lieut.-Colonel Liptonasked the Attorney-General whether he will extend legal aid to respondents in cases before the House of Lords where such respondents have been legally aided and successful in lower courts.
§ The Solicitor-General (Sir Harry Hylton-Foster)I have nothing to add to the answer my right hon. and learned Friend gave the hon. Member for Norfolk, Central (Sir F. Medlicott) on 6th December last.
§ Lieut.-Colonel LiptonIs the hon. and learned Gentleman aware that the absence of these facilities is affecting very prejudicially a constituent of mine who has, with skilled legal advice, beaten the Crown and the Brady slum racket on two previous occasions in the Court of Appeal? Is not the hon. and learned Gentleman going to do something to ensure that this constituent is not denied justice when the case comes before the highest tribunal?
§ The Solicitor-GeneralAs it may be that the hon. and gallant Gentleman's constituent is still going on with litigation, I should not say much about that case; but, as the hon. and gallant Gentleman and the House know, the Crown have started proceedings to determine the question, which might make it unnecessary for his contituent to go there at all.