Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

Ben Wallace Excerpts

Wednesday 2nd November 2011 Commons Chamber

Part 2 of the Bill is appalling. Access to justice is being destroyed. When the Minister challenged me earlier and said that I was talking about part 2 during our discussion of part 1, as so often he missed the point.

[Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North) (Con)]

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker.

[Chris Bryant]

You are the Parliamentary Private Secretary.

[Mr Wallace]

PPSs are allowed to make points of order. Throughout the proceedings on the Bill Opposition Front Benchers, particularly the hon. Member for Hammersmith (Mr Slaughter), have made points about the perceived failure of Government Front Benchers to declare their interests. However, the hon. Gentleman has failed to point out that on 119 separate occasions the Labour party has received donations from lawyers who make their money from success fees.

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)]

Order. That is not a point of order and the matter was dealt with earlier in the week. Let us have no more of that.