| Heading: |
Legal Aid Scheme: Staffordshire |
| Question ID: |
1798435 |
| UIN: |
49177 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5168 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Adam Jogee
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Adam Jogee
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to improve the provision of criminal legal aid to people in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-08 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4849 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Alex Davies-Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
AlexDaviesJones
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AlexDaviesJones
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| Answer text: |
Criminal legal aid, where needed, is essential to support those accused of a crime to defend themselves and to uphold their right to a fair trial.This Government inherited a justice system in crisis, with a legal aid system that is creaking and on the poi... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |