Select committee: Justice Committee
Recommendation 3
3rd Report – Access to Justice: Legal Aid
Published 17 Jul 2026
Addressed to Ministry of Justice
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The government should establish an independent mechanism to review evidence around average incomes and rates of self-representation, which can formally recommend future uplifts to the Lord Chancellor. We suggest this could be the Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board. (Recommendation, Paragraph 13)
From: Justice Committee, 3rd Report – Access to Justice: Legal Aid (HC 541), 17 July 2026
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 15 October 2026, 17 days ago.