§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Attorney-General what plans he has to implement the proposals of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Aid.
§ The Solicitor General:I assume that the hon. Member is referring to the Advisory Committee's recommendations concerning legal aid for tribunals. I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester, West (Mr. Janner) on 7th February.
§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Attorney-General what conclusions he has come to concerning the Law Society's proposals of July 1973 that legal aid guildships should be statutory and that there should be a rota system for solicitors at all courts.
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§ The Solicitor General:The Law Society recommended in its memorandum of July 1973 that there should be duty solicitor schemes to operate in magistrates' courts. My noble Friend has expressed his support for the development of such schemes. There are over 25 schemes now operating throughout the country, established mainly at the instances of the Law Society and local law societies.