§ 2. Mr. Fletcherasked the Attorney-General how the Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 978 (S.I. 1959, No. 1350) will affect the rights of persons obtaining a legal aid certificate for divorce to have a solicitor and barrister of their own choice.
§ The Attorney-GeneralIn general, not at all.
§ Mr. FletcherWould the Attorney-General say if it is now the policy of the Government to encourage applicants for legal aid certificates to have solicitors and barristers of their own choice, or to encourage them to rely on the Law Society's staff?
§ The Attorney-GeneralThere is no encouragement one way or the other. Under the scheme as it now stands, the proportion of cases which go to the divorce department will remain approximately the same as it was.