Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

It is a small number but it is a complicated point, so I shall write to the hon. Lady. Taken together, this is a balanced and sensible package of reforms of the kind that the Government were determined to achieve when we published our proposals. The overall effect will be to achieve significant savings while protecting fundamental rights of access to justice. Question put, That the Bill be now read a Second time. The House divided: Ayes 295, Noes 212.