§ Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Attorney-General when, in view of the fact that the present Legal Advice Scheme does not provide sufficient remuneration to solicitors to enable the recommendations 22W proposed in paragraph 221 of the Report of the Departmental Committee on Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings to be implemented, he proposes to introduce an amended legal aid advice scheme to give effect to the recommendation.
The Attorney-GeneralThe Legal Advice (Amendment) Regulations 1970, which came into operation on 1st August, improve the financial conditions on which legal advice is available and the remuneration of solicitors giving it. Further improvements in the Legal Advice Scheme must take their priority in the general context of the need to keep down public expenditure.