§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Attorney-General if the review by the Lord Chancellor of the legal aid system in the United Kingdom will consider means to harmonise levels of remuneration payable to the legal profession, and to remove existing anomalies between rates of remuneration paid to legal advisers, north and south of the Scottish border.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe current review is addressing the financial conditions for the grant of legal aid. It is not considering the levels of remuneration payable to the legal profession.