Select committee: Justice Committee
Conclusion 34
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 part of our above recommendations on workforce strategy and improving service provision, the Ministry of Justice must: a. Confirm how it monitors whether it has sufficient legally aided mediation capacity to meet demand; b. Produce an assessment of the number of mediators it requires to deliver this vital service, and how it will arrest the consistent year-on-year decline in mediators offering legal aid. (Recommendation, Paragraph 105)
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.