Oral QuestionMinistry of Justice

What steps his Department is taking to help increase access to justice for people from all social backgrounds.

Tabled: 5 November 2025Answered: 11 November 2025

Asked by

Ian Lavery

LabourBlyth and Ashington

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Justice

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Courts and Legal Services (Sarah Sackman)

This Government are committed to access to justice, and that involves supporting people from every social background to uphold their rights. As I said earlier, we are investing in civil legal aid. We have introduced the greatest expansion in a decade of legal aid through the Hillsborough law, and we continue to provide financial support for law centres and Citizens Advice so that people—wherever they come from, whatever their background—can access legal support.