Grayling feels the heat from committee
PUBLISHED November 27, 2013The justice secretary was forced to defend his civil legal aid proposals yesterday after peers and MPs voiced concern that they would harm access to justice.?
?Hearing evidence from Chris Grayling, the Joint Committee on Human Rights called into question the proposals to remove legal aid for prison law, to restrict judicial review and to introduce a 12-month residency test for civil legal aid eligibility.?
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