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Trial By Jury

EDM number 105 in 1999-00, proposed by Tom Cox on 26/11/1999.

That this House, whilst welcoming efforts being made by the Home Secretary to make the criminal justice system more expeditious, efficient and cost-effective, is concerned that his proposal to end the right of defendants charged with either-way offences to choose to be tried by a jury will remove an important safeguard in the system and help undermine the liberty of the individual; believes that it could further damage any trust or confidence which minority communities have in the law; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government as a matter of urgency to reconsider this far-reaching proposal.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tom Cox26/11/1999TootingLabourProposed
Elfyn Llwyd29/11/1999Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Harry Barnes29/11/1999North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Alan Simpson30/11/1999Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Marsha Singh30/11/1999Bradford WestLabourSigned
Terry Lewis30/11/1999WorsleyLabourSigned
John Cummings30/11/1999EasingtonLabourSigned
Roy Beggs01/12/1999East AntrimUUPSigned
Dafydd Wigley01/12/1999CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Robert Wareing01/12/1999Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn01/12/1999Islington NorthLabourSigned
Michael Clapham01/12/1999Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews01/12/1999MedwayLabourSigned
Alice Mahon01/12/1999HalifaxLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins01/12/1999Luton NorthLabourSigned
Brian Sedgemore01/12/1999Hackney South & ShoreditchLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty01/12/1999Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara02/12/1999Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
John Austin02/12/1999Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Mike Hancock06/12/1999Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward O'Hara08/12/1999Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington08/12/1999Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Terry Davis08/12/1999Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Rudi Vis20/12/1999Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
John McDonnell10/01/2000Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Harold Best13/01/2000Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham20/01/2000Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Jon Trickett31/01/2000HemsworthLabourSigned
Audrey WiseUnknownWithdrawn

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