Public Defender Service

(asked on 10th July 2014) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the agreement recently reached with the Criminal Bar on the future role of the Public Defender Service.


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Shailesh Vara
This question was answered on 17th July 2014

Arrangements have been put in place, under which self-employed barristers have been instructed to represent defendants in a number of Very High Cost Cases (VHCCs). Given that normal working relationships have been restored, the Government has confirmed that there is no need to expand the PDS further.

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