The Otterburn report

Find I have Question 7 on the Order Paper for Department of Constitutional Affairs Questions. So – turn up and give some thought to what my follow up question would be. But sadly – Mr Speaker called ‘Order Order’ finishing the session just as we got to my question.

Shame – because it was about the Government ignoring the Otterburn report which in turn criticised the Carter report which (following this I hope!) is a report that loads of constituents and those in the legal aid system have written to me about. They are not happy with its proposals for changes in the legal aid system.

The Otterburn report recommends that any of these changes should not be rushed into. So I wanted to ask the Minister why they are ignoring the findings of the Otterburn Report – and instead ploughing ahead with undue haste and controversial proposals – but it wasn’t to be!