HC Deb 10 February 1971 vol 811 cc182-3W
Mr. Brewis

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he proposes to take steps to make legal aid available in the Scottish Land Court and the Lands Tribunal for Scotland.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

I propose that legal aid should be available for proceedings in the Lands Tribunal for Scotland from 1st March, 1971, when the Tribunal comes into operation, and that legal aid should be available in the Scottish Land Court from the same date.

The regulations required to extend legal aid to the Tribunal will shortly be laid before Parliament, and a commencement order will be made in respect of the Land Court.