§ Mr. John MarshallTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the amount of legal aid paid to Mr. Ernest Saunders in the cases resulting from the Guinness affair. [10485]
§ Mr. StreeterThe sum of £1,286,234 was paid to Mr. Saunders' legal representatives for work done in relation to the Crown court proceedings resulting from investigations into the takeover by Guinness of the Distillers Group. A further amount of £296,111 was paid in relation to proceedings in the Court of Appeal. Legal aid is not available for proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights.
The total amount paid in legal aid in relation to R v. Saunders is therefore £1,582,345.