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  Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill - Ensure Individuals Have Access to Legal Services They Need
  
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  @ MP voted no to require the Lord Chancellor to ensure that, subject to resources, individuals have access to legal services that effectively meet their needs.
  @ MP voted aye not to require the Lord Chancellor to ensure that, subject to resources, individuals have access to legal services that effectively meet their needs.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring the Lord Chancellor to ensure that, subject to resources, individuals have access to legal services that effectively meet their needs.
  
  MPs were considering the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill[1]. The motion approved in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 1.
  
  The rejected Lords amendment 1 stated[2]:
  
  :Page 1, line 5, leave out from âsecureâ to end of line 6 and insert â(within the resources made available and in accordance with this Part) that individuals have access to legal services that effectively meet their needsâ
  
  This would have taken effect on Clause 1(1) of the Bill[3] of which at the time of the vote stated:
  
  :The Lord Chancellor must secure that legal aid is made available in accordance with this Part.
  
  
  
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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]
  * [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 dated 29 March 2012]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2010-2012/0109/lbill_2010-20120109_en_2.htm#pt1-pb1-l1g1 Clause 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill]
  
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