Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry The Future of Legal Aid

Witnesses Lubna Shuja (President at The Law Society), Mike Freer MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Ministry of Justice), and Daniel Flury (Director of Access to Justice Policy at Ministry of Justice)

Inquiry The Future of Legal Aid

Witnesses Richard Miller (Head of Justice at Law Society), Daniel Bonich (Chair at Criminal Law Solicitors Association, and Managing Partner at Clarke Kiernan Solicitors LLP), and Kerry Morgan (Honorary Secretary at Criminal Law Solicitors Association, and Director at Morgan Brown Solicitors)

Inquiry The Future of Legal Aid

Witnesses Mark Fenhalls QC (Chair at Bar Council), Stephanie Boyce (President at Law Society), James Cartlidge MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Ministry of Justice), and Jelena Lentzos (Deputy Director for Legal Aid Policy at Ministry of Justice)

Inquiry The Future of Legal Aid

Witnesses Sir Christopher Bellamy QC, Chair of the Independent Criminal Legal Aid Review

Inquiries Court Capacity, and The Future of Legal Aid

Witnesses Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Ministry of Justice), Kevin Sadler (Acting Chief Executive at HM Courts and Tribunals Service), Jane Harbottle (Chief Executive at Legal Aid Agency), and Jelena Lentzos (Deputy Director, Legal Aid Policy at Ministry of Justice)

Inquiries Court Capacity, and The Future of Legal Aid

Witnesses David Lloyd (PCC for Hertfordshire and Criminal Justice System Lead at Association of Police and Crime Commissioners), DCC Tony Blaker (Digital First Lead, Criminal Justice Committee, at National Police Chiefs' Council), Phil Copple (Director General of Prisons at HM Prison and Probation Service), Rebecca Lawrence (Chief Executive Officer at Crown Prosecution Service), Tony Cooper (Chief Operating Officer at ACAS), Laura Bee (Industrial Officer and Group Secretary for the Justice Sector Group at Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS)), and Jacky Tiotto (Chief Executive Officer at CAFCASS)

Inquiries Court Capacity, and The Future of Legal Aid

Witnesses Dame Vera Baird DBE QC Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales, Penelope Gibbs (Director at Transform Justice), Jodie Blackstock (Legal Director at JUSTICE), Mr Nimrod Ben-Cnaan (Head of Policy and Profile at Law Centres Network), and Jo Underwood (Head of Strategic Litigation at Shelter)

Inquiries Court Capacity, and The Future of Legal Aid

Witnesses Jane Russell (Committee Member at Employment Law Bar Association), Simon Mullings (Co-Chair at Housing Law Practitioners Association ), Chris Minnoch (Chief Executive Officer at Legal Aid Practitioners Group), and Ian Townley (Director and Head of Costs at Broudie Jackson Canter)

Inquiries Court Capacity, and The Future of Legal Aid

Witnesses James Mulholland QC (Chair at Criminal Bar Association), Daniel Bonich (Chair at Criminal Law Solicitors Association), Emma Fenn (Barrister), and Holly Collinge (Solicitor Advocate)

Inquiries Court Capacity, and The Future of Legal Aid

Witnesses Dr Hannah Quirk (Reader in Criminal Law at Kings College London), Dr Natalie Byrom (Director of Research and Learning at The Legal Education Foundation), Dr Vicky Kemp (Principal Research Fellow at University of Nottingham), Dr Mavis Maclean CBE (Senior Research Fellow at University of Oxford), and Dr Jo Wilding (ESRC Postdoctural Research Fellow at University of Brighton)

Inquiries Court Capacity, and The Future of Legal Aid

Witnesses Thomas Pope (Senior Economist at The Institute for Government), Callyane Desroches (Strategy and Insight Manager at Crest Advisory), Beverley Higgs JP (Chair at Magistrates Association), Richard Miller (Head of Justice at The Law Society), and Derek Sweeting QC (Chair at The Bar Council)