For anyone at a loose end tomorrow, and with an interest in Family Fees…
Family Fees: Justice Committee Hearing at Westminster – 16th June at 4.00 pm:
The Justice Committee will hold a one-off evidence session looking at the Government’s proposals for the reform of family law legal aid and the conduct of consultation on this issue.
The meeting is being held at the House of Commons on Tuesday 16 June in Committee Room 8 at 4.00 pm. Access to the proceedings is by the Cromwell Green entrance at the Palace of Westminster. Please allow at least 15 minutes to clear the security checks and make your way through Westminster Hall to the Central Lobby and thence to the first floor Committee Room corridor. No identification is needed.
The line-up of witnesses expected is as follows:
At 4.00 pm: Rt Hon Baroness Butler-Sloss GBE, Lucy Theis, Chairman, Family Law Bar Association, Caroline Little, Co-Chair, Association of Lawyers for Children, Judith Timms, Policy Officer, NAGALRO (National Association of Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers), and Elena Fowler, Chief Executive Officer, National Youth Advisory Service (NYAS), Carolyn Regan, Chief Executive, Hugh Barrett, Executive Director (Commissioning), and Sara Kovach-Clark, Head of Civil Policy Development (Family), Legal Services Commission.