Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 15 March 2011.
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
Our inquiry
2 The cost and operation of the current system
The current system
Criminal legal aid
Civil and family legal aid
The financial context
The cost of legal aid in the last decade
Spending on criminal legal aid
Spending on civil legal aid
Cost drivers
Civil legal aid
Recent attempts to reduce costs
International comparisons of spending
Trends in comparative spending on legal aid
Factors contributing to high costs
Legal aid in the context of spending on the wider justice system
Lessons from international research for efforts to reduce costs
3 The Government's proposed reform: scope
4 Other means of reducing costs
Measures in the consultation paper
Other means of reducing costs
Criminal cases
Judicial review
Reducing the number of cases prompted by poor decision-making
5 Impacts of the proposed reform
Impact of scope changes on vulnerable clients
Impact of scope changes: family law
Domestic violence as a criterion
Mediation
Timing of the proposals
Impact of scope changes: social welfare law
Self-representation at tribunals without assistance
Costs to the public purse of removing legal aid
Impact of scope changes: immigration
Impact of scope changes: education
Overall impact of proposed scope changes
Impact of the proposals on the national provision of legal aid
Impact of the proposals on courts and tribunals
6 Conclusion
Conclusions and recommendations
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of printed written evidence
List of additional written evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
Oral and written evidence 15 December 2010 7 February 2011 8 February 2011 14 February 2011 16 February 2011 2 March 2011 Written evidence
15 December 2010
7 February 2011
8 February 2011
14 February 2011
16 February 2011
2 March 2011
Written evidence
