§ Mr. FraserTo ask the Attorney-General what representations have been received by the Lord Chancellor's Department on the draft Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) Regulations 1989 concerning duty solicitor schemes in the county court; and if he will publish the responses to any such representations.
§ The Solicitor-GeneralThe Lord Chancellor's Department has received five representations on the draft Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) Regulations 1989 which concern the provision of assistance by way of representation in county courts. Representations were also received on this subject during the preparation of the regulations from a further nine bodies or individuals to whom individual replies have been sent. These replies are on similar lines and I will place a copy of the letter of 15 November 1988 from the Lord Chancellor's Department to the Law Society in the Libraries of both Houses.