Valerie Vaz
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(11 years, 5 months ago)
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The Solicitor-General
This is part of the civil service reform plan, and bringing services together at TSOL has, for example, meant it has become a centre of excellence in employment law. TSOL also has a good record of reducing cost, with 40% efficiencies from its shared litigation service.
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab)
Will the Solicitor-General assure the House that public money will not be wasted in transaction costs between Departments and that we will not end up with more finance officers chasing invoices than lawyers doing the work?
The Solicitor-General
It is true that clients in the Departments are billed by TSOL, but this is a lean process and fees are being kept down at a reasonable level.