asked the Attorney-General if he will make it his policy that in all future legal aid applications by retirement pensioners there should be disregarded sums saved specifically for the pensioner's and his or her spouse's funeral, burial or cremation charges.

asked the Attorney-General if he will make it his policy that in all future legal aid applications by retirement pensioners there should be disregarded sums saved specifically for the pensioner's and his or her spouse's funeral, burial or cremation charges.

My noble Friend is aware that the current legal aid capital limits can sometimes cause hardship, especially among the elderly. He proposes to increase the limits as soon as sufficient resources become available for the purpose, so that small savings of the kind mentioned will be unlikely to prejudice applications for legal aid.