§ 28. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Attorney-General if he is aware that the rules requiring a contribution towards costs by an assisted litigant operate harshly; that certain prospective litigants, unable to find money to make such a contribution, are thereby debarred from seeking and obtaining redress from grievances; and if he will consider and propose some remedy for this.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI have nothing to add to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Islington, East (Mr. E. Fletcher) on 6th February.
§ Mr. HughesDoes the Attorney-General not realise that this is also an urgent matter, and will he not have it investigated by the appropriate tribunal so that a remedy can be found?
§ The Attorney-GeneralAs I said on 6th February,
the Advisory Committee recommended that the public money available should go first towards extending the scheme to parts of the Act not yet in force rather than to amending the parts that are already in operation"—[OFFICIAL REPORT, 6th February, 1956; Vol. 548, c. 1316.1