HC Deb 22 February 1999 vol 326 c43W
Mr. Dismore

To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement on the alternatives to conditional fee agreements and legal aid available to finance personal injury actions. [71975]

Mr. Hoon

In addition to conditional fee agreements and legal aid, personal injury actions may also be financed, amongst other things, by before the event legal expenses insurance, which is a common addition to many motoring and home contents insurance; after the event legal expenses insurance; through benefits arising from membership of organisations or trade unions and such arrangements as are agreed between solicitors and their clients.