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—Official Report, 12 February 2004; c 5839.On 26 February 2004, the First Minister told me:"Such a benefit system exists to help those who have problems with making their payments."
The changes that we propose will ensure that eligibility is kept up to date and that no one falls out of the legal aid net because of the effects of inflation.The second issue is legal aid in relation to the new asylum and immigration tribunal and obstructive witnesses.
More recently, the department has introduced a new management structure. We describe that in exhibit 9 on page 16, which shows the new post of director of e-health and several structures to support that.
The review team is in the process of visiting the five cities and those visits will be followed late this year by two ministerial visits, which will involve a wide range of local interests.