Treasury Solicitor's Department

HL Deb 22 May 2002 vol 635 cc107-8WA

Baroness Thornton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether, following his acceptance of the recommendations of the recent quinquennial review of the Treasury Solicitor's Department, the Attorney-General has made or plans to make any changes in that agency's framework document. [HL4420]

The Attorney-General (Lord Goldsmith)

In his quinquennial review of the Treasury Solicitor's Department, Sir Quentin Thomas recommended that the framework document for the Treasury Solicitor's Department should be revised to provide the agency with the flexibilities it required to continue to meet the growing demand for efficient and high quality legal services from government departments and other publicly funded bodies in England and Wales. I am pleased to announce the publication of a revised framework document, a copy of which I have placed in the Library.

The framework document has also been published on the Treasury Solicitor's website (www.treasurysolicitor.gov.uk)