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Mr. Alex Carlile
To ask the Attorney-General if he has any proposals to increase the remuneration of duty solicitors; and if he will make a statement.
The Attorney-General
Legal aid rates are reviewed each year in accordance with the Legal Aid Act 1988. The Lord Chancellor has not yet decided by how much any legal aid rates should be increased this year.