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Department: Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Julian Brazier Excerpts
Tuesday 11th January 2011

(13 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Julian Brazier Portrait Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con)
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May I urge my hon. Friend, in doing this review, to look at the spending of legal aid money on private investigators? There was a case in my constituency in which the Legal Aid Board funded a quite dangerous criminal, well known to the police, in the search for his badly battered wife and small children; it then went on to fund his case without making any effort at all to see whether his claim to be penniless was true. He went on to harass that low-income family; the woman had remarried. I urge the Minister to look into that kind of case.

Jonathan Djanogly Portrait Mr Djanogly
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The question of expenses, which would be included in what my hon. Friend mentions, is mentioned in the consultation document. If he gets in touch with me, I will specifically make sure that it caters to the point that he has raised.