§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by location, for the last 12 months, where the 24-hour duty solicitor scheme has been withdrawn.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI have been asked to reply.
In the last 12 months local 24-hour duty solicitor schemes have ceased in the areas covered by the St. Albans and Tunbridge Wells committees (four police stations in all).
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he intends to review payment to solicitors who carry out the 24-hour duty solicitor arrangement.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI have been asked to eply.
Payments to solicitors who carry out the 24-hour duty solicitor arrangements are reviewed annually as part of the discussions on legal aid rates between the Lord Chancellor and the Law Society.