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Mr. Malcolm Bruce
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the conferences held by his Department since 1 May 1997, giving in each case the (a) purpose and (b) estimated cost. [27794]
Mr. Hoon
The conferences held by this Department since 1 May, or which we have funded or part funded, or have otherwise helped to organise are shown in the table.
Conference
| Purpose
| Estimated costs (£)
|
| Fast Track Cost Conference 9 July 1997 | To inform Sir Peter Middleton's Review of Civil Justice and Legal Aid Proposals | 482 |
| Anglo-German Judicial Exchange 22 to 25 September 1997 | This is part of a series of conferences organised for senior judges to obtain an improved understanding and awareness of the laws, procedures and institutions of each country and to discuss the relevance of comparative law and comparative legal procedure to judicial work. Eight judges and three academics from each country participated in the conference. This conference follows one held in Germany in September 1993. Another conference is being organised in Germany for 1999. The host national pays all the conference costs. | 14,000 |
| International Conference on Administrative Justice 26–28 November 1997 Organised by the University of Bristol | To provide a forum for the discussion of the broad range of issues relevant to administrative justice | 15,000 (contribution) |
| Minority Lawyers Conference-organised with the Bar and Law Society 29 November 1997 | To promote equality of opportunity for ethnic minority lawyers and to discuss issues related to this. | No cost to the Department |