§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in what countries British nationals are able to obtain legal aid to commence or defend legal proceedings on similar terms to those granted to foreign nationals in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. RowlandsBritish nationals enjoy free or assisted legal aid in Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Greece, Iraq, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and Yugoslavia to the same extent in civil and commercial matters as the nationals of those countries.
Similar facilities are available to British nationals in the Republic of Ireland, Italy and Luxembourg under the provisions of the European Convention on Establishment which Her Majesty's Government ratified on 14th October 1969.