HC Deb 26 February 1996 vol 272 c303W
Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how much has been paid by the legal aid fund on account in respect of defendants of the Maxwell case. [15959]

Mr. Jonathan Evans

To date, £8.3 million has been paid on account from the legal aid fund to lawyers representing Kevin and Ian Maxwell—Trachtenberg, Bunn, Fuller, and Stoney. That sum includes £829,000 paid in respect of the magistrates court proceedings.