HC Deb 25 June 1998 vol 314 cc599-600W
Ms McCafferty

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department when Her Majesty's Government will announce its proposals for modernising rights of audience in the higher courts. [47896]

Mr. Hoon

The Lord Chancellor has this morning published a paper, "Rights of Audience and Rights to Conduct Litigation in England and Wales: The Way Ahead", copies of which have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses. Comments are invited by 14 September 1998.