Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 09 Jun 2014 Queen’s Speech
"My Lords, there is an advisory speaking time of five minutes. Obviously the noble Lord could go beyond it, but in terms of courtesy to others, given the number of speakers in the debate, he might want to bear the time in mind...." Baroness Northover - View Speech
"I suggest that the debate on Amendment 115 be adjourned and that the Committee does not resume again before 8.20 pm...." Baroness Northover - View Speech
"My Lords, noble Lords gave great attention to this issue in earlier stages. I hope that the discussions that have resulted, both within and outside the Chamber, have helped to reassure them.
I begin by saying that the Government have always agreed that telephone legal aid advice will not be …..." Baroness Northover - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their attention to this very important area and I especially thank the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, for her kind words to my noble friend about his engagement with her concerns. I have a note that I need to correct the figure given for …..." Baroness Northover - View Speech
"I understand what my noble friend means about getting to that point. I ask him to ask himself how they would get to face-to-face advice. There they are with a major problem. They may very well end up in a CAB, in which case the CAB may assist them in …..." Baroness Northover - View Speech
"Let us assume that that person has come to you as a constituency Member of Parliament—I think that is the kind of case the noble Lord is talking about. Again, the Member of Parliament could phone the helpline and say that, for the reasons given by the noble Lord, in …..." Baroness Northover - View Speech
"My noble friend assures me that we will review how this is working and publish the findings. I am sure that noble Lords will scrutinise that with the greatest of care. I reiterate that the operation of the system will be monitored from the very beginning. Therefore, noble Lords do …..." Baroness Northover - View Speech
"Motion J concerns legal aid for children. When the Government undertook their comprehensive review of legal aid, we looked at the principles of each type of case funded by the scheme and considered, first, the importance of the issue; secondly, the litigant’s ability to present their own case, including and …..." Baroness Northover - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their very important contributions to this debate.
At the beginning of this discussion, I set out in some detail the reasons behind the Government’s position on legal aid for children, and that legal aid should apply to the highest priority cases, which has …..." Baroness Northover - View Speech
"It is very straightforward. As I have just said, 96 per cent of current spend on cases is included, and in terms of numbers of cases 13 per cent are outside. So 4 per cent of spend is outside, which represents 13 per cent of the number of cases.