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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

My office handles a lot of asylum and immigration cases, and of course some of them are entirely straightforward, as the Minister has suggested. Does he accept, however, that some family reunion cases are definitely not straightforward? They might involve a child being in a different country from the mother, or someone not having a passport. There could also be real issues involved in proving the relationship. Will he look again at the opportunity for some cases—I am not arguing for the generality—to be eligible for legal assistance?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
534 c651 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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