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Item 2 on the agenda is petition PE200 from Andrew Watt on legal aid. Committee members will have received note JH/00/22/7 by the assistant clerk. Two options are outlined for dealing with this petition. I do not think that the options are mutually exclusive, so I recommend that we both write to the Legal Aid Board to clarify the position and advise the petitioner that we will incorporate the issues that he has raised in the future review of legal aid in Scotland. It may be that we will consider this matter separately when we get a reply. We will also include this issue in the general legal aid review.
Given the time scale—the case goes back to 1988—can questions be asked about how many similar instances there have been?
The letter seeking clarification from the Legal Aid Board will advise that the committee is not going to examine the specifics of this case. We want clarification from the Legal Aid Board on the general issue. Are members happy with that?
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