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The procurement of legal aid in England and Wales by the Legal Services Commission

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 25 January 2010.

Oral evidence

Legal Services Commission & Ministry of Justice

Taken before the Committee of Public Accounts on Wednesday

9 December 2009

Members present:

Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair	Keith Hill
Mr Richard Bacon	Dr John Pugh
Mr David Curry	Geraldine Smith
Nigel Griffiths

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CONTENTS

Mr Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr Robert Prideaux, Director, Parliamentary Relations, and Mr Paul Keane, Director, National Audit Office, were in attendance.

Mr Marius Gallaher, Alternate Treasury Officer of Accounts, HM Treasury, was in attendance.

REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL (HC29)

THE PROCUREMENT OF CRIMINAL LEGAL AID IN ENGLAND AND WALES BY THE LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION

Witnesses: Ms Carolyn Regan, Chief Executive, Mr Hugh Barrett, Executive Director—Commissioning, Legal Services Commission and Mr Peter Handcock CBE, Director General, Access to Justice, gave evidence.

Question Numbers:

1-127

1.  Supplementary memorandum from Legal Services Commission

2.  Memorandum from the Law Society

3.  Memorandum from Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) on Community Legal Service Fund and Criminal Defence Service Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2009

4.  Memorandum from Stuart Ranson, Ranson Legal IT Services

5.  Memorandum from Michael Robinson, Emmersons Solicitors

6.  Memorandum from the Ministry of Justice

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Prepared 2 February 2010