Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Shailesh Vara and Rob Wilson

Tuesday 1st July 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mr Vara]

I think we need to put things into perspective here. Before the reductions to legal aid were made, Britain had one of the most expensive legal aid systems in the world, costing the taxpayer £2 billion. After the reductions have gone through, £1.5 billion will still go towards the legal aid system. That is a lot of money; it is one of the largest amounts being paid into any legal aid system in the world, and I can assure the hon. Lady that £1.5 billion buys a lot of legal aid.

[Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East) (Con)]

T7. Will my hon. Friend the Prisons Minister update my constituents on his Department’s success or otherwise in regard to the sale of Reading prison?

Housing Benefit (Under-occupancy Penalty)

Debate between Shailesh Vara and Rob Wilson

Wednesday 27th February 2013 Commons Chamber

[Mr Rob Wilson]

rose—

[Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire) (Con)]

rose—