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Appointment Of First Black High Court Judge

EDM number 1606 in 2003-04, proposed by Keith Vaz on 07/09/2004.

That this House congratulates Linda Dobbs QC and welcomes the announcement of her appointment as a High Court judge; acknowledges that she is the first person from an ethnic minority to reach the High Court Bench; supports furthermore, the Government's initiative to open all judicial posts on the circuit bench and below to part-timers to make the path to the bench easier for women; and congratulates the Lord Chancellor on his decision to appoint Ms Dobbs, a decision which did not involve deliberations by an Appointments Commission.

This motion has been signed by a total of 51 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Keith Vaz07/09/2004Leicester EastLabourProposed
Harry Barnes08/09/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Simon Thomas08/09/2004CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Jane Griffiths08/09/2004Reading EastLabourSigned
Andrew George08/09/2004St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore08/09/2004HendonLabourSigned
Martin Caton08/09/2004GowerLabourSigned
Khalid Mahmood08/09/2004Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Ernie Ross08/09/2004Dundee WestLabourSigned
Martin Smyth08/09/2004Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Lady Hermon08/09/2004North DownUUPSigned
Piara S Khabra08/09/2004Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd08/09/2004Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Ronnie Campbell08/09/2004Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin09/09/2004Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Nigel Dodds09/09/2004Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Huw Edwards09/09/2004MonmouthLabourSigned
Vera Baird09/09/2004RedcarLabourSigned
Paul Tyler09/09/2004North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Cox13/09/2004TootingLabourSigned
Ann Cryer13/09/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Betty Williams13/09/2004ConwyLabourSigned
Nigel Jones14/09/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Valerie Davey14/09/2004Bristol WestLabourSigned
Albert Owen14/09/2004Ynys MLabourSigned
Andy Reed14/09/2004LoughboroughLabour Co-operativeSigned
Syd Rapson14/09/2004Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle14/09/2004ChorleyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington15/09/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn15/09/2004Newport WestLabourSigned
Win Griffiths15/09/2004BridgendLabourSigned
Roy Beggs15/09/2004East AntrimUUPSigned
Roger Williams15/09/2004Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean16/09/2004BurtonLabourSigned
Dennis Turner16/09/2004Wolverhampton South EastLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jeff Ennis16/09/2004Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
John McDonnell16/09/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd16/09/2004Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Stephen Hesford16/09/2004Wirral WestLabourSigned
Julie Morgan16/09/2004Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Parmjit Dhanda16/09/2004GloucesterLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar11/10/2004Glasgow, GovanLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/10/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins11/10/2004Luton NorthLabourSigned
Vincent Cable11/10/2004TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew11/10/2004StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Rob Marris14/10/2004Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn14/10/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
David Crausby14/10/2004Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Joan Humble20/10/2004Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Diane Abbott21/10/2004Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned

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