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Previous Scottish Parliament debates and reports

Modernising legal aid - winter 2003

Modernisation was the theme of an interesting debate in the Scottish Parliament on 3 December 2003.

• read the text of the Minister's address on the Scottish Executive website and their news release
  
• read the Official Record of the debate on the Scottish Parliament website
  
• read the Board's press release about the Parliament's debate and the Minister's address
  
  
• this debate followed the announcement of a strategic review of legal aid by Cathy Jamieson, the Justice Minister. The Minister gave a keynote address at the joint Law Society and Board Legal Aid Conference on 24 October 2003. Read the Scottish Executive's news release

Justice 1 Committee Report and Debate

The Justice1 Committee held an inquiry into legal aid in the first session of the Parliament.

• You can read the Justice1 Committee's Report on Legal Aid Inquiry on the Scottish Parliament site.
• There is also an Executive summary of the Legal Aid Inquiry available.
  
  
• The Inquiry was debated in Parliament on 13 March 2002 - read the Official Record on the Parliament's site.

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