HC Deb 02 February 2000 vol 343 cc639-40W
Angela Smith

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department when the Lord Chancellor intends to publish directions to the Legal Services Commission setting priorities for funding in respect of the Community Legal Service. [108671]

Mr. Lock

My noble and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor wrote yesterday to Peter Birch CBE, Chairman-Designate of the Legal Services Commission, enclosing three directions about priorities for funding, the scope of the Community Legal Services Fund and particular budgets within the Fund. Copies of these directions have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.