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HANSARDDuty Solicitor SchemeI beg to move, That this House has considered the duty solicitor scheme. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. In preparing for this debate, I have been…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDuty Solicitor SchemeI can only agree with my friend, the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), about encouraging people to go into this area of legal aid. There are issues around legal aid more…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDuty Solicitor SchemeWill the Minister commit to writing to me, and perhaps placing a copy of the letter in the Library, setting out where the numbers have changed in each region as defined by the…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDuty Solicitor SchemeOn the numbers, I want to be clear that the issue is people actively taking cases. One retired solicitor who knew I had secured this debate told me that he still gets an email…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDuty Solicitor SchemeI agree with the Minister about physical office locations, not least in an era of homeworking. My concern is not so much about the physical local of an office. If firms merge,…13 Mar 2024 Bills sponsored (5)