§ 63. Mr. Spriggsasked the Attorney-General if he will seek powers to relieve retirement pensioners of the costs of an appeal to the Land Tribunal, under the Lands Tribunal Act, 1949 and the Land Compensation Act, 1961 for determination, especially in cases where their main source of income is affected.
The Solicitor-GeneralAs I told my hon. Friend on 10th April, people who are successful before the Lands Tribunal are normally awarded costs. The only practicable way of going further than this would be to extend legal aid to proceedings before the Tribunal, but in view of the formidable costs of the legal aid scheme may noble Friend the Lord Chancellor considers that there can be no such extension at the present time.—[Vol. 744, c. 743.]