The Future of Legal Aid
Inquiry by the Justice Committee, 7 September 2020 to 14 September 2023. Its page on the Parliament website.
Reports and responses
- 3rd Report - The Future of Legal Aid (27 July 2021)
- 4th Special Report - The Future of Legal Aid: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report (16 November 2021)
- Third Special Report - The Future of Legal Aid: Updated Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2021–22 (8 September 2022)
Evidence sessions
- 12 January 2021: Thomas Pope, The Institute for Government; Callyane Desroches, Crest Advisory; Beverley Higgs JP, Magistrates Association; Richard Miller, The Law Society; Derek Sweeting QC, The Bar Council
- 26 January 2021: Dr Hannah Quirk, Kings College London; Dr Natalie Byrom, The Legal Education Foundation; Dr Vicky Kemp, University of Nottingham; Dr Mavis Maclean CBE, University of Oxford; Dr Jo Wilding, University of Brighton
- 9 February 2021: James Mulholland QC, Criminal Bar Association; Daniel Bonich, Criminal Law Solicitors Association; Emma Fenn; Holly Collinge
- 23 February 2021: Jane Russell, Employment Law Bar Association; Simon Mullings, Housing Law Practitioners Association; Chris Minnoch, Legal Aid Practitioners Group; Ian Townley, Broudie Jackson Canter
- 2 March 2021: Dame Vera Baird DBE QC Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales; Penelope Gibbs, Transform Justice; Jodie Blackstock, JUSTICE; Mr Nimrod Ben-Cnaan, Law Centres Network; Jo Underwood, Shelter
- 16 March 2021: David Lloyd, Association of Police and Crime Commissioners; DCC Tony Blaker, National Police Chiefs' Council; Phil Copple, HM Prison and Probation Service; Rebecca Lawrence, Crown Prosecution Service; Tony Cooper, ACAS; Laura Bee, Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS); Jacky Tiotto, CAFCASS
- 24 March 2021: Lord Wolfson of Tredegar, Ministry of Justice; Kevin Sadler, HM Courts and Tribunals Service; Jane Harbottle, Legal Aid Agency; Jelena Lentzos, Ministry of Justice
- 18 January 2022: Sir Christopher Bellamy QC, Chair of the Independent Criminal Legal Aid Review
- 27 April 2022: Mark Fenhalls QC, Bar Council; Stephanie Boyce, Law Society; James Cartlidge MP, Ministry of Justice; Jelena Lentzos, Ministry of Justice
- 15 November 2022: Richard Miller, Law Society; Daniel Bonich, Criminal Law Solicitors Association; Daniel Bonich, Clarke Kiernan Solicitors LLP; Kerry Morgan, Criminal Law Solicitors Association; Kerry Morgan, Morgan Brown Solicitors
- 17 January 2023: Lubna Shuja, The Law Society; Mike Freer MP, Ministry of Justice; Daniel Flury, Ministry of Justice