§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Attorney-General if Her Majesty's Government have any plans to provide legal aid for persons seeking to be legally represented at hearings by tribunals, as distinct from the courts of law, on such matters as wrongful dismissal, release from mental hospitals and final claims for supplementary and other benefits; and what estimates have been made of the cost of providing such additional services.
The Solicitor-GeneralThere are at present no plans to provide legal aid for representation before tribunals, though the the green form scheme is available for those who have occasion to appear before them, in order to provide assistance in the preparation of their case. It has been estimated that the cost of applying legal aid generally to tribunals, based on a number of assumptions about legibility, demand and price, would not be less than £6 million at November 1979 prices.