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  Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2012
  
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  @ MP voted aye to approve proposed criteria for determining if legal aid is to be awarded in particular circumstances.
  @ MP voted no against proposed criteria for determining if legal aid is to be awarded in particular circumstances.
  
  The majority of MPs approved proposed criteria for determining if legal aid is to be awarded in particular circumstances.
  
  The motion approved in this vote was:
  :That the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111530016/contents draft Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2012], which were laid before this House on 29 October, be approved.
  
  The criteria include a "Reasonable private paying individual test" for legal aid funding that is if:
  
  : a reasonable private paying individual would be prepared to start or continue the proceedings having regard to the prospects of success and all the other circumstances of the case.
  
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