Constitutional Affairs Select Committee: Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill. Fifth Report (2 Volumes) with Proceedings, Evidence (HC 746 I-iii Not Printed Separately) and Appendices. Memoranda in the Form of Evidence Laid Before the Committee. (Vote)
Title | Constitutional Affairs Select Committee: Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill. Fifth Report (2 Volumes) with Proceedings, Evidence (HC 746 I-iii Not Printed Separately) and Appendices. Memoranda in the Form of Evidence Laid Before the Committee. (Vote) PDF eBook |
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Constitutional Affairs Select Committee: Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill. Minutes of Evidence 29 June 2004. (Printed in HC 746).
Title | Constitutional Affairs Select Committee: Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill. Minutes of Evidence 29 June 2004. (Printed in HC 746). PDF eBook |
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Constitutional Affairs Select Committee: Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill. Minutes of Evidence 6 July 2004. (Printed in HC 746).
Title | Constitutional Affairs Select Committee: Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill. Minutes of Evidence 6 July 2004. (Printed in HC 746). PDF eBook |
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Constitutional Affairs Select Committee: Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill. Minutes of Evidence 22 June 2004. (Printed in HC 746).
Title | Constitutional Affairs Select Committee: Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill. Minutes of Evidence 22 June 2004. (Printed in HC 746). PDF eBook |
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Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill
Title | Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Constitutional Affairs Committee |
Publisher | The Stationery Office |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9780215018922 |
The draft Bill, published as a consultation paper (Cm 6194, ISBN 0101619421) in May 2004, contains the Government's proposals for changes to the Criminal Defence Service (CDS) grant of the right to public funded representation in criminal court cases. Its two key provisions are the transfer of responsibility for grant of criminal legal aid from the courts to the Legal Services Commission (LSC); and the re-introduction of a means test for criminal cases. The Committee's report finds that the increase in CDS spending in recent years is unsustainable, and states its support for the underlying aim of the draft Bill to improve management control and consistency in the legal aid system and to focus resources on those that need help most. However, it highlights a number of areas where more work is required before the proposals can be finalised, including the need to ensure the measures comply with the UK's obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as the costs and practical difficulties of means testing and in transferring the grant to the LSC.
Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill,Consultation Paper and Explanatory Notes
Title | Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill,Consultation Paper and Explanatory Notes PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain. Department for Constitutional Affairs |
Publisher | The Stationery Office |
Pages | 74 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9780101619424 |
This consultation paper sets out the Government's proposals for a draft Bill to implement changes to the Criminal Defence Service (CDS) grant of the right to public funded representation in criminal court cases. The main provisions of the draft Bill relate to two measures: the transfer of responsibility for grant of criminal legal aid from the courts to the Legal Services Commission; and the re-introduction of a means test for criminal cases. The aim of the Bill is to ensure that the taxpayer gets best value for money from the CDS and to improve management control and consistency in the legal aid system and the way in which the fund is spent. The re-introduction of the means test seeks to focus resources on those that need help most. Responses should be received by 6 August 2004.
Government Response to the Constitutional Affairs Select Committees Report on the Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill
Title | Government Response to the Constitutional Affairs Select Committees Report on the Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain. Department for Constitutional Affairs |
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Pages | 12 |
Release | 2004-11-24 |
Genre | Defense (Criminal procedure) |
ISBN | 9780101641029 |
Response to the Committees 5th report, session 2003-04 (HCP 746-I, ISBN 0215018923). Reprinted July 2005