Legal Services Ombudsman

Mr. Frank Field
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when the legal services ombudsman plans to respond to the application of Mrs. Yvonne Randles of Birkenhead made in January 2006.

Mr. Straw
The Legal Services Ombudsman (LSO) is independent of Government and therefore it would not be appropriate to comment on individual cases.

However as the sponsoring department, this particular case has been brought to the attention of the Office of the Legal Services Ombudsman.