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Ministers set to drop plans over ‘right to a lawyer’

McNally signals climbdown in dramatic intervention in late-night Lords debate

By Frederika Whitehead | 26 January 2012

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No dodging: Lord McNally, justice minister

The minister has given a clear indication that the government will withdraw the proposal

Lord Macdonald, former director of public prosecutions

Ministers are planning to back down on proposals to limit people’s right to a lawyer when accused of a crime in the UK.

The government is re-drafting the proposed legislation after Lord McNally, justice minister, indicated during a late-night debate in the House of Lords that it was preparing a climbdown over the issue.

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