§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to ensure that access to legal aid funds, to which litigants and accused persons have established an entitlement, continues to be available.
§ Mr. Harry EwingWhile industrial action has had some effect on the payment of solicitors' accounts due to lack of computerised100W information, it is not thought that the delay has had a serious effect on the assistance of litigants under the legal aid scheme.