Legal Aid Scheme: Wales
(asked on 20th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that debt solicitors provided through legal aid provide services bilingually in Wales.
This question was answered on 9th September 2015
All solicitors acting under the legal aid scheme in Wales are contractually obliged to ensure their services are accessible to and understandable by clients whose language of choice is Welsh, in accordance with the Welsh Language Act 1993 (as amended) and Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011.