Select committee: Justice Committee
Conclusion 22
3rd Report – Access to Justice: Legal Aid
Published 17 Jul 2026
Addressed to Ministry of Justice
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
As with eligibility, the government has failed to properly implement recommendations regarding improving system sustainability. Targeted interventions in civil legal aid, such as housing and immigration fee increases, are too little, too late to prevent further decline. In order to remain viable, the few civil legal aid providers who remain must cross- subsidise legal aid work with private fees. This lowers their capacity to deliver legal aid work and drives up prices for those ineligible for legal aid. (Conclusion, Paragraph 79)
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.