Current status: Answer expected on 24 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that the justice system will remain accessible to all, regardless of financial circumstances, in light of the reported reduction in the number of criminal legal aid solicitors since 2007 from 1,459 to 966 and the Law Society of Scotland's projection that nearly one-third of legal aid practitioners are set to retire within the next decade, and what plans it has to increase the number of criminal legal aid solicitors and legal aid practitioners.