Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2018 to Question 125361 on Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, if his Department will publish the list of organisations and experts it plans to invite to submit evidence to the post-implementation review of that Act.

As part of the Post-Implementation Review (PIR) we will be inviting experts and interested parties to contribute analytical evidence on the effects of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

By its nature, the PIR is an evidence-based review and we will therefore be looking to gather a broad range of evidence. This will include engaging with relevant stakeholders. I am currently considering the most effective way to proceed and will provide more detail of our approach shortly.