Legal Aid

Details

Status: Active

Groups: Miscellaneous Topics

Description

There have been votes in Parliament on the subject of eligibility for legal aid. Matters which have been voted on include means testing, if aid should be generally restricted to those residing in the UK, and which legal services should be funded by legal aid.

[Person name] voted for/against restricting the scope of legal aid

Decisions

Decisions may be read as agreeing with the policy, or being against the policy.

month decision alignment strength decision type uses powers voting cluster participant count
2011-06 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Second Reading agree strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 507
2011-10 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Definition of Domestic Abuse Used In Relation to Eligibility for Civil Legal Aid against weak Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Opposition proposes 541
2011-10 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Schedule 1 — Legal Aid in Clinical Negligence Cases against strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Opposition proposes 529
2011-11 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — New Clause 17 — Extension of Scope of Legal Aid against strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Opposition proposes 539
2011-11 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Third Reading agree strong Division insufficent_info Strong conflict: Gov proposes 534
2012-04 Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill — Ensure Individuals Have Access to Legal Services They Need agree strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 551
2012-04 Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill — Legal Aid for Social Welfare Law agree strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 532
2012-04 Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill — Legal Aid for children agree strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 544
2012-12 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2012 — Extension of Legal Aid to Certain Welfare Appeals and Certain International Child Benefit Recovery Cases against strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 501
2012-12 Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2012 agree weak Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 500
2014-01 Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations — Legal Aid In Cases With Borderline Prospect of Success agree weak Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 535
2014-07 Draft Civil Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2014 — Residence Test for Legal Aid Eligibility agree strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 477
2022-01 Judicial Review and Courts Bill — New Clause 4 — Publicly Funded Legal Representation for Bereaved People at Certain Inquests against strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Opposition proposes 491
2022-04 Judicial Review and Courts Bill — After Clause 42 — Publicly Funded Legal Representation for Bereaved People at Certain Inquests agree strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 463