14 Delivering Justice for All   leading new initiatives to enhance the delivery of useful legal information, for example, by providing training information or by developing self-help kits for some types of case. R4 The Ministry of Justice should take the lead in providing information about court proceedings, in leafl et and R5 The Ministry of Justice should pilot the use of an information service or helpdesk in courthouses, where trained staff can answer general questions about court proceedings,  help  people  find  their  way,  provide  access  to  general  legal information and suggest where people can obtain individual, initial legal advice. Information deficit   15 The information deficit that exists is not necessarily because information is not being produced, although that is certainly part of the story. Although many agencies provide information, and some of it is of very good quality, there is a fragmented approach to its provision and sometimes information provided is duplicated, either because agencies are unhappy with the quality of information already provided by others, or because they are not aware that the information already exists.  The quality of the information that is available is uneven.  Simple things such as missing dates on printed material mean that it can be impossible to know if material is current.  In short, someone seeking basic legal information may find a range of pamphlets and not know which to trust, or may struggle to find any.   16 In the report Womenfs Access to Legal Information, the Law Commission asserted: At an overarching level, the Government has general responsibility to provide legal information to the public. In addition, Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides that all shall be entitled, without discrimination, to the equal protection of the law.  Arguably a pre-requisite to the equal protection of the law is access to information about the law and its processes.⁶ 17 In the same report we noted that g[c]o-ordination is needed to avoid duplication and gaps in material and also to serve as a check on the quality of the informationh. 7 18 The Justice Sector Information Strategy project has not suggested that one agency should take a lead role in the provision of information.  However, we consider, first, that for the purposes of coordination and accountability, one state agency needs to have a leadership function in this regard and, secondly, that all agencies responsible for legislation that creates public rights and duties should be required to produce, distribute, review and update information that will assist lay people to understand those rights and duties. 6   New Zealand Law Commission, above n 4, 34. 7   New Zealand Law Commission, above n 4, 26.