§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will introduce measures to provide for a statutory complaints procedure against solicitors. [12604]
§ Mr. HoonThe department has no plans to create a new complaints handling body. The Office for the Supervision of Solicitors was set up by the Law Society in September 1996 and I agree with the Legal Services Ombudsman that it will take two to three years before the Office can be properly judged by results.