Ms Rebecca Keatinge:

We recognise that the Legal Aid Board provides substantially more legal services than were available in that period, albeit in fairly discrete areas. The community law centres are dealing with a large unmet need in other areas where there are no entitlements to legal aid. The issue of community law centres has arisen in the interim period. There are nearly ten of them now. We operate in a network, co-ordinate our work - we share our legal expertise and experiences - and work on law reform to a degree. There is a certain strength, but it is an under-resourced area with relatively low visibility. I just wanted to raise those concerns.