Select committee: Justice Committee
Recommendation 10
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 publish, within six months, its assessment of the number and geographical distribution of duty solicitors required to provide sustainable police station and magistrates’ court coverage. Where schemes fall below that level, the Lord Chancellor should use their powers under LASPO to fund additional provision directly or through targeted contractual incentives. (Recommendation, Paragraph 37)
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.