Mr. Clifford Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will seek to pay legal advisers acting for claimants who are victims of crimes of violence and who have to appear before the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI do not think that it would be right to amend the present experimental andex gratia scheme, so 128W that where a claimant chose to be legally represented the cost would be met out of public funds.