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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that an increasing difficulty for the people he is describing is that they have to make a telephone call to see whether they are eligible for legal aid? We are talking about people who might have poor command of the English language. The people they talk to are not trained lawyers. They will no doubt get their stories, their dates and everything mixed up. That will, yet again, make it impossible for people to get the legal help and advice that they need, even when their case is totally justified.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
534 c660 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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