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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 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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