§ 92. Mr. Buckasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to ensure that a legal aid certificate granted to a defendant in respect of a criminal charge will enable that defendant to have the benefit of representation under his certificate relative to applications for bail made to any court before which he appears.
§ Miss BaconA legal aid certificate granted by a magistrates' court covers the proceedings in that court, but not an application for bail to a judge in Chambers if the magistrates' court refuses bail. The Official Solicitor, however, acts for persons without means in applications to a judge in Chambers. The present arrangements are currently under review by the Departmental Committee on Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings.