My Lords, that may be the complete answer but, of course, at the time that the Access to Justice Act was passed, there was no such personage as the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs. I find it difficult to see how using that expression now could be consistent with the 1999 Act. But there may be a very good answer to that.
Criminal Defence Service Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Kingsland
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 13 June 2005.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Criminal Defence Service Bill [HL].
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