Access to the Law (Hansard, 27 June 1997)

HC Deb 27 June 1997 vol 296 c655W 655W

§ Mr. Baker
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make it his policy to ensure that no citizen is deterred from having access to the law because of their financial circumstances. [5618]

§ Mr. Hoon
The Government's aim is to allow proper access to the law by reducing the price of civil litigation and its attendant delays and complexity. That is why the Lord Chancellor has asked Sir Peter Middleton to review civil justice and legal aid. We shall be able to look again at the policy on publicly funded access to the law in the light of that review.