Labour's Lord Bach has one on access to legal advice for people challenging rulings on their benefits, an issue which has led to some ill-tempered exchanges with the Lib Dem leader in the Lords and Justice Minister, Lord McNally.
Before the hearing, Obama directed the Justice Department to give the congressional intelligence committees access to classified legal advice providing the government's rationale for drone strikes against American citizens working with al-Qaida abroad.
"Today, as part of the president's ongoing commitment to consult with Congress on national security matters, the president directed the Department of Justice to provide the congressional Intelligence committees access to classified Office of Legal Counsel advice related to the subject of the Department of Justice White Paper, " an administration official said.
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"Today, as part of the president's ongoing commitment to consult with Congress on national security matters, the president directed the Department of Justice to provide the Congressional intelligence committees access to classified Office of Legal Counsel advice related to the subject of the Department of Justice white paper, " an administration official said Wednesday.
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He went on to say that it was important that people who may not otherwise have the means to pay for legal advice could have access to a solicitor who can prepare and present their case.
"I have had access to the best legal and career advice available, " says Jim Millstein, chief restructuring officer of the U.S. Treasury until 2011.
In the Lords (from 2.30pm) questions to ministers range across inequality in income in the UK, access to justice for those who will not be able to receive free legal advice on social welfare law (and this is the latest shot in a guerrilla campaign against changes to legal aid rules which come into force from 1 April) and future railway re-openings.
But Lord McNally said the Ministry of Justice is "confident" that its reforms will not mean people in Wales having further to travel to access legal aid services and that the Welsh government has been given extra funding to support the advice sector as it adapts to the system of funding.
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