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ABI Motor 2011: Government “out of touch” with seriousness of referral fee problem

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In the absence of Mike Penning, parliamentary under-secretary of state for transport, John Woodcock MP, shadow minister for transport, suggested that there should be criminal prosecution for the worst offenders of referral fees.

Woodcock said that the government’s decision to outlaw referral fees as part of Legal Aid and Sentencing Bill was “welcomed”, but that its failure to add the possibility of “criminal prosecution” for

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