The implications for access to justice of the Government's proposals to reform Legal Aid

Inquiry by the Human Rights (Joint Committee), 9 July 2013 to 30 March 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 7th Report - The implications for access to justice of the Government's proposals to reform legal aid (Report, together with formal minutes) (13 December 2013)
• Government Response to Seventh Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights (5 March 2014)

Evidence sessions

• 23 October 2013: taken on Wednesday 23 October from Tim Buley, Barrister, Landmark Chambers; Dr Nick Armstrong, Barrister Matrix Chambers; and Martha Spurrier, Barrister, Public Law Project Dr Russell Hargrave, Communications & Public Affairs Officer Asylum Aid; Ilona Pinter, Policy Adviser, the Children’s Society; Alison Harvey, Legal Director, Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA); and Alistair Pitblado, The Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts Nick Hardwick CBE, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons; Laura Janes, Acting Legal Director, the Howard League for Penal Reform; Simon Creighton, Prisoners’ Advice Service; and Nigel Newcomen CBE, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
• 26 November 2013: Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
• 11 June 2014: Dr Maggie Atkinson, Children's Commissioner for England; and Anita Hurrell, Coram Children's Legal Centre
• 18 June 2014: Mr Shailesh Vara MP, Minister for the Courts and Legal Aid, Ministry of Justice