Legal Aid: Post-Implementation Review

Debate between Baroness Laing of Elderslie and Louise Haigh

Thursday 7th February 2019 Commons Chamber

[Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab)]

rose—

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Eleanor Laing)]

The prize for patience and perseverance goes to Louise Haigh.

[Louise Haigh]

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.

In the past six years, there has been a shocking 134% increase in the number of parents facing child custody cases without legal representation. Surely the Secretary of State agrees that no parent should find themselves forced into that situation, so what steps is he introducing today to remedy that?