HC Deb 09 March 1999 vol 327 c100W
Mr. Kidney

To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department what assessment he has made of the mediation pilot schemes under the Family Law Act 1996. [74809]

Mr. Hoon

Research has been carried out, by a consortium led by the University of Bristol on behalf of the Legal Aid Board, into the mediation pilot schemes run by the Board. This research is not yet complete and it is therefore too early for the Government to make any assessment of those pilot schemes.