Draft Legal Services Act 2007 (Claims Management Complaints) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 Debate
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Karl Turner
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Draft Legal Services Act 2007 (Claims Management Complaints) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
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Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East) (Lab)
It is always an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Gillan. The Opposition do not take issue with the regulations; on the contrary, we welcome them. The only criticism we might have had is that they seemed to take a long time to be implemented in the first place. If memory serves, they were first discussed in February 2012 and were implemented in August last year.
I have only one question for the Minister: given the shortfall of £500,000 in the first year, what steps will he take to ensure that we do not see a continuous shortfall and a ratcheting effect, requiring us to come back to Committee, perhaps annually, to increase fees? With that said, we have nothing further to add.