§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, in view of the fact that barristers are able freely to negotiate briefs through their clerks and that with refresher briefs some counsel receive large sums of money for cases which last for a few weeks, in what way the Government's plan for a wage salary and fee scale standstill will be applied to the legal profession.
§ Mr. William RodgersI would refer my hon. Friend to paragraph 29 of the White Paper (Cmnd. 3073) published on 29th July, which makes it clear that the standstill is intended to apply to all forms of professional fees.