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  Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill - Legal Aid for children
  
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  @ MP voted aye against making legal aid available to children in a wider range of cases. 
  @ MP voted no to make legal aid available to children in a wider range of cases. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against making legal aid available to children in a wider range of cases. 
  
  MPs were considering the Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill[1]. The motion passed in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 171
  
  Lords amendment 171, which was rejected in this vote was[2][3]:
  
  :Page 115, line 5, at end insertâ
  :''âChildren under 18''
  :Civil legal services in relation to advice and proceedings where a child is, or proposes to be, the applicant or respondent in proceedings, or where the child is represented by a legal guardian, includingâ
   	
  :(a)    private family law;
  :(b)    any benefit, allowance, payment, credit or pension underâ
  :(i)    the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992,
  :(ii)   the Jobseekers Act 1995,
  :(iii)  the State Pension Credit Act 2002,
  :(iv)   the Tax Credits Act 2002,
  :(v)    the Welfare Reform Act 2007,
  :(vi)   the Welfare Reform Act 2012, or
  :(vii)  any other enactment relating to social security;
  :(c)    all areas of education law not otherwise covered in this Schedule;
  :(d)    all areas of housing law not otherwise covered in this Schedule;
  :(e)    all areas of debt-related disputes not otherwise covered in this Schedule;
  :(f)    all areas of immigration and asylum law not otherwise covered in this Schedule;
  :(g)    all areas of clinical negligence law not otherwise covered in this Schedule;
  :(h)    all areas of consumer law not otherwise covered in this Schedule;
  :(i)    appeals to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority;
  :(j)    civil legal services relating to a review or appeal under section 11 or 13 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007; and
  :(k)  civil legal services relating to an appeal to the Supreme Court.â
  
  The above would have been added to the start of  [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2010-2012/0109/lbill_2010-20120109_en_13.htm#sch1 Schedule 1 of the Bill] where the civil legal services that can generally be made available under the arrangements for civil legal aid are described. 
  
  The explanatory notes[4] describe the effect of the rejected amendment as follows:
  
  :It would bring into the scope of civil legal aid services for a number of areas of law where a child is a party to proceedings or is represented by a legal guardian. 
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/legalaidsentencingandpunishmentofoffenders.html Parliament's webpage on the Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill (now an Act)]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2010-2012/0327/2012327.1-5.html Lords amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2010-2012/0327/2012327.35-41.html Page of Lords amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill containing amendment 171]
  * [4] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2010-2012/0327/en/2012327en.htm Explanatory notes to the Lords amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill]
  
  
  
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