§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will introduce amendments to the legal aid regulations to restore the principle that legal aid claims should automatically be retrospectively granted for the conduct of an appeal to a higher court where such an appeal is successful.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThis is one of several aspects of the legal aid regime on which I have received representations. I hope to reach a view on all the proposals made to me before the end of the year.