Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Amber Rudd Excerpts
Tuesday 20th December 2011

(12 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Dominic Grieve Portrait The Attorney-General
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My responsibility is the superintendence of the Crown Prosecution Service for prosecuting those who are guilty of domestic violence, and the question of civil legal aid does not come into it one way or another.

Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye) (Con)
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Will my right hon. and learned Friend confirm that the Government intend to waive the financial eligibility limits in cases whereby a person applies for an order for protection against domestic violence, such as a non-molestation or occupation order?

Dominic Grieve Portrait The Attorney-General
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There again, sadly, I am afraid that I have to say to my hon. Friend that she has to direct that question to Ministers in the Ministry of Justice. I do not have a responsibility for civil legal aid.