§ Lord Lester of Herne Hillasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the Community Legal Service is meeting its aim of fulfilling the need of legal services for all. [HL2566]
§ Lord FilkinThe department commissioned an Independent review of the Community Legal Service, which was published on 28 April 2004 (available on our website:www.dca.gov.uk/pubs/ reports/clsreview.pdf). The evaluation, which was undertaken by Matrix Research and Consultancy, makes a number of recommendations for the future development of the programme, as well as highlighting existing successes. Ministers and officials will be taking the opportunity to consider the findings of the final report in full while welcoming comments from all those with an interest in legal aid.