§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Attorney-General (1) how many additional civil servants he estimates will be required if the recent Green Papers on the legal profession are implemented;
298W(2) if he will make a statement as to the estimated additional cost to public funds arising out of the implementation of the recent Green Papers on the legal profession.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe Green Papers are consultation documents, which seek the views of both the public and the legal profession on the Government's provisional proposals for changes in the way in which legal services are to be provided in the future. No firm estimates based on settled policy can therefore be made, but it is anticipated that the implementation of the proposals contained in the Green Papers would not entail any additional cost to public funds but would be broadly cost neutral.