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Written Answers
Thursday, 19th October 2000.
Human Rights Act 1998: Legal Aid Provision
Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes
asked Her Majesty's Government:What estimate they have made of the cost to the legal aid budget over the next three years, as a result of the implementation of the Human Rights Act 1998. [HL4057]
The Lord Chancellor
(Lord Irvine of Lairg)
Thirty-nine million pounds has been allocated to meet Human Rights Act 1998 cases in each of the next three years.