Legal Aid

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Excerpts

Tuesday 11th February 2014 Lords Chamber

[Lord Faulks]

I think it is approximately 61. I will have to write to my noble friend with the precise number who actually made applications. Very often they are given a preliminary view, which they can then take to a solicitor, who will then be able, if he has been given some encouraging words, to take the matter forward.

[Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall (Lab)]

My Lords, will the noble Lord reassure the House, in view of the very small number of applicants who have been successful, that the Government have no plans to withdraw the funding before people have figured out how to fill in the forms?

[Lord Faulks]

I can give that reassurance.