HL Deb 19 October 2000 vol 617 c101WA
Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What estimate they have made of the cost to the legal aid budget over the next three years, as a result of the implementation of the Human Rights Act 1998. [HL4057]

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Irvine of Lairg)

Thirty-nine million pounds has been allocated to meet Human Rights Act 1998 cases in each of the next three years.