Debates between Michael Tomlinson and Robert Buckland during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Debate between Michael Tomlinson and Robert Buckland
Thursday 26th May 2016

(8 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robert Buckland Portrait The Solicitor General
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Public legal education has an invaluable role to play. I have seen at first hand in schools how the Citizenship Foundation, with the support of lawyers, runs sessions on issues such as social media and the law. The particular issue that my hon. Friend raises is extremely sensitive and important to young people in particular, and I believe that running the appropriate courses can teach them about the consequences of such criminal acts.

Michael Tomlinson Portrait Michael Tomlinson
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The legal profession may have its detractors, but one of its finest traditions is that lawyers are encouraged to undertake pro bono work. What more can be done to take pro bono work into our schools, both in Dorset and across the country?

Robert Buckland Portrait The Solicitor General
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I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who, as a barrister of some distinction in the south-west, speaks from experience about his work and the role of pro bono in the profession of which he and I are part. I urge him to liaise with law firms in his constituency, which he will know well, to spread that work through schools and colleges in his part of Dorset and the wider area.