Legal Aid

EDM number 1162 in 1992-93, proposed by Jean Corston on 13/01/1993.

That this House agrees that justice for all can only be a reality when there is provision for access to justice for all irrespective of wealth; notes that the intention of the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949 was to ensure that no one was to be denied legal advice and representation because of inadequate finance; is appalled that the Lord Chancellor, as part of a Government purporting to espouse citizen's rights, proposes to restrict free legal aid only to those on income support or the equivalent, thereby excluding 12 million people from the legal aid provisions; and calls on the Government to abandon these proposals.

This motion has been signed by a total of 131 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jean Corston	13/01/1993	Bristol East		Proposed
Alistair Darling	13/01/1993	Edinburgh Central		Signed
Bryan Davies	13/01/1993	Oldham Central and Royton		Signed
Brian H Donohoe	13/01/1993	Cunninghame South		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	13/01/1993	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Angela Eagle	13/01/1993	Wallasey		Signed
Maria Fyfe	13/01/1993	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Sam Galbraith	13/01/1993	Strathkelvin & Bearsden		Signed
Llin Golding	13/01/1993	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Peter Hain	13/01/1993	Neath		Signed
Paul Boateng	13/01/1993	Brent South		Signed
James Wray	13/01/1993	Glasgow Provan		Signed
Ann Coffey	13/01/1993	Stockport		Signed
Stephen Byers	13/01/1993	Wallsend		Signed
Bridget Prentice	13/01/1993	Lewisham East		Signed
Dawn Primarolo	13/01/1993	Bristol South		Signed
Barbara Roche	13/01/1993	Hornsey & Wood Green		Signed
Brian Sedgemore	13/01/1993	Hackney South & Shoreditch		Signed
Alan Simpson	13/01/1993	Nottingham South		Signed
John Heppell	13/01/1993	Nottingham East		Signed
George Howarth	13/01/1993	Knowsley North		Signed
Adam Ingram	13/01/1993	East Kilbride		Signed
Peter Mandelson	13/01/1993	Hartlepool		Signed
John Maxton	13/01/1993	Glasgow, Cathcart		Signed
Nick Brown	13/01/1993	Newcastle upon Tyne East		Signed
Terry Davis	14/01/1993	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	14/01/1993	Leigh		Signed
John Cummings	14/01/1993	Easington		Signed
David Clelland	14/01/1993	Tyne Bridge		Signed
Eric Clarke	14/01/1993	Midlothian		Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	14/01/1993	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	14/01/1993	Blyth Valley		Signed
Keith Bradley	14/01/1993	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Jim Dowd	14/01/1993	Lewisham West		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	14/01/1993	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Paddy Tipping	14/01/1993	Sherwood		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	14/01/1993	Durham, City of		Signed
Stuart Bell	14/01/1993	Middlesbrough		Signed
Harry Barnes	14/01/1993	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Janet Anderson	14/01/1993	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Win Griffiths	14/01/1993	Bridgend		Signed
Paul Flynn	14/01/1993	Newport West		Signed
Derek Enright	14/01/1993	Hemsworth		Signed
Lewis Moonie	14/01/1993	Kirkcaldy		Signed
Alan Milburn	14/01/1993	Darlington		Signed
Bill Michie	14/01/1993	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
David Hinchliffe	14/01/1993	Wakefield		Signed
Peter Hardy	14/01/1993	Wentworth		Signed
Rachel Squire	14/01/1993	Dunfermline West		Signed
Dennis Skinner	14/01/1993	Bolsover		Signed
Ernie Ross	14/01/1993	Dundee West		Signed
Gordon Prentice	14/01/1993	Pendle		Signed
Peter Pike	14/01/1993	Burnley		Signed
Colin Pickthall	14/01/1993	West Lancashire		Signed
Roy Hughes	14/01/1993	Newport East		Signed
Eric Illsley	14/01/1993	Barnsley Central		Signed
Alan Meale	14/01/1993	Mansfield		Signed
William McKelvey	14/01/1993	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Ian McCartney	14/01/1993	Makerfield		Signed
John McAllion	14/01/1993	Dundee East		Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	14/01/1993	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Signed
Terry Lewis	14/01/1993	Worsley		Signed
Lynne Jones	14/01/1993	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Barry Jones	14/01/1993	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Robin Corbett	15/01/1993	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Ken Livingstone	15/01/1993	Brent East		Signed
Mike Watson	18/01/1993	Glasgow Central		Signed
Nick Ainger	18/01/1993	Pembroke		Signed
Norman Godman	18/01/1993	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Neil Gerrard	18/01/1993	Walthamstow		Signed
John Fraser	18/01/1993	Norwood		Signed
John Evans	18/01/1993	St Helens North		Signed
Michael Connarty	18/01/1993	Falkirk East		Signed
Nick Raynsford	18/01/1993	Greenwich		Signed
John Home Robertson	18/01/1993	East Lothian		Signed
Glenda Jackson	18/01/1993	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Helen Jackson	18/01/1993	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Roland Boyes	18/01/1993	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Keith Vaz	19/01/1993	Leicester East		Signed
Dennis Turner	19/01/1993	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Jimmy Boyce	19/01/1993	Rotherham		Signed
John Garrett	19/01/1993	Norwich South		Signed
John Denham	19/01/1993	Southampton, Itchen		Signed
Tom Cox	19/01/1993	Tooting		Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	19/01/1993	Liverpool, Walton		Signed
Kate Hoey	19/01/1993	Vauxhall		Signed
Mike Hall	20/01/1993	Warrington South		Signed
Mike Gapes	20/01/1993	Ilford South		Signed
Bill Olner	20/01/1993	Nuneaton		Signed
John Hutton	20/01/1993	Barrow & Furness		Signed
Allan Rogers	20/01/1993	Rhondda		Signed
Max Madden	20/01/1993	Bradford West		Signed
Joan Walley	21/01/1993	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Bill Etherington	21/01/1993	Sunderland North		Signed
George Mudie	21/01/1993	Leeds East		Signed
Alf Morris	21/01/1993	Manchester Wythenshawe		Signed
Alice Mahon	21/01/1993	Halifax		Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	21/01/1993	Coventry North West		Signed
Martin Redmond	21/01/1993	Don Valley		Signed
Michael Clapham	22/01/1993	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	22/01/1993	Carmarthen		Signed
Audrey Wise	25/01/1993	Preston		Signed
Matthew Taylor	25/01/1993	Truro		Signed
Jamie Cann	25/01/1993	Ipswich		Signed
Anne Campbell	25/01/1993	Cambridge		Signed
Edward O'Hara	25/01/1993	Knowsley South		Signed
Joyce Quin	25/01/1993	Gateshead East		Signed
Liz Lynne	27/01/1993	Rochdale		Signed
John Gunnell	28/01/1993	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Kevin Barron	28/01/1993	Rother Valley		Signed
Jack Thompson	28/01/1993	Wansbeck		Signed
Hugh Bayley	01/02/1993	York, City of		Signed
Jim Cunningham	01/02/1993	Coventry South East		Signed
Mike O'Brien	01/02/1993	North Warwickshire		Signed
Joan Ruddock	08/02/1993	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Martyn Jones	09/02/1993	Clwyd South West		Signed
Malcolm Bruce	17/02/1993	Gordon		Signed
Nick Harvey	18/02/1993	North Devon		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	18/02/1993	Caernarfon		Signed
Kim Howells	19/02/1993	Pontypridd		Signed
Tommy Graham	25/02/1993	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Roy Beggs	25/02/1993	East Antrim		Signed
Ian Paisley	26/02/1993	North Antrim		Signed
John Hume	04/03/1993	Foyle		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	04/03/1993	Workington		Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	05/03/1993	Ynys M		Signed
Eddie Loyden	11/03/1993	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Simon Hughes	16/03/1993	Southwark and Bermondsey		Signed
Mark Fisher	18/03/1993	Stoke-on-Trent Central		Signed
Frank Cook	23/03/1993	Stockton North		Signed
Greg Pope	31/03/1993	Hyndburn		Signed

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