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LEGAL SERVICE COMMISSION'S DECISION TO END FUNDING FOR SPECIALIST SUPPORT IN ENGLAND AND WALES

EDM number 1542 in 2005-06, proposed by Julie Morgan on 31/01/2006.

That this House condemns the Legal Service Commission's (LSC) recent decision to end all funding of specialist support services in England and Wales from July 2006 despite the outcome of its own review in 2003-04 which recognised the value and importance of specialist support advice, mentoring and training in complex areas of social welfare law for LSC approved agencies working directly with the public; notes that this will mean, in Wales, the end of the Wales Specialist Support Service, which provides expert help and training in housing, welfare benefits and debt, and across England and Wales, the loss of essential advice and training in mental health, community care, employment, HIV/AIDS, immigration and human rights, as well as housing, welfare benefits and debt, provided by acknowledged expert agencies such as the Child Poverty Action Group, Disability Law Service, Citizens Advice, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, Liberty, MIND, Shelter, Terrence Higgins Trust and others; further regrets the implications of this cut in funding for vulnerable clients who are not in a position to employ specialist advisers; and calls on the Government to restore funding for specialist support and to strengthen the provision of legal advice for those in the greatest need.

This motion has been signed by a total of 179 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Julie Morgan31/01/2006Cardiff NorthLabourProposed
Elfyn Llwyd31/01/2006Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSeconded
Roger Williams31/01/2006Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Jones31/01/2006Clwyd WestConservativeSeconded
Barbara Keeley31/01/2006WorsleyLabourSeconded
Keith Vaz31/01/2006Leicester EastLabourSeconded
Gordon Prentice31/01/2006PendleLabourSigned
Kate Hoey31/01/2006VauxhallLabourSigned
Martyn Jones31/01/2006Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra31/01/2006Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Andrew Love31/01/2006EdmontonLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith31/01/2006Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Albert Owen31/01/2006Ynys MLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn31/01/2006Islington NorthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn31/01/2006Newport WestLabourSigned
David Taylor31/01/2006North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Betty Williams31/01/2006ConwyLabourSigned
Rosie Cooper31/01/2006West LancashireLabourSigned
Si31/01/2006Swansea EastLabourSigned
Jessica Morden31/01/2006Newport EastLabourSigned
Marsha Singh01/02/2006Bradford WestLabourSigned
John Smith01/02/2006Vale of GlamorganLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle01/02/2006ChorleyLabourSigned
Joan Humble01/02/2006Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson01/02/2006Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Helen Jones01/02/2006Warrington NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones01/02/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty01/02/2006Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Colin Breed01/02/2006South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Campbell01/02/2006Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Harry Cohen01/02/2006Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Janet Dean01/02/2006BurtonLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore01/02/2006HendonLabourSigned
Mark Durkan01/02/2006FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Diane Abbott01/02/2006Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock01/02/2006Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley01/02/2006Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis01/02/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Pugh02/02/2006SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heath02/02/2006Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke02/02/2006Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Wayne David02/02/2006CaerphillyLabourSigned
David Drew02/02/2006StroudLabourSigned
Adam Price06/02/2006Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Martin Salter06/02/2006Reading WestLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner06/02/2006BolsoverLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins06/02/2006TamworthLabourSigned
Bob Laxton06/02/2006Derby NorthLabourSigned
Peter Luff06/02/2006Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Andrew MacKinlay06/02/2006ThurrockLabourSigned
Rob Marris06/02/2006Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell06/02/2006Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Bill Olner06/02/2006NuneatonLabourSigned
Michael Clapham06/02/2006Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Frank Cook06/02/2006Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer06/02/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
David Borrow06/02/2006South RibbleLabourSigned
Lynne Featherstone06/02/2006Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
David Howarth06/02/2006CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Lancaster06/02/2006North East Milton KeynesConservativeSigned
John Leech06/02/2006Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Madeleine Moon06/02/2006BridgendLabourSigned
Linda Riordan06/02/2006HalifaxLabourSigned
Alison Seabeck06/02/2006Plymouth, DevonportLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders07/02/2006TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Clare Short07/02/2006Birmingham, LadywoodLabourSigned
Alan Simpson07/02/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Peter Kilfoyle07/02/2006Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Martin Caton07/02/2006GowerLabourSigned
Frank Field07/02/2006BirkenheadLabourSigned
Mark Fisher07/02/2006Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Don Foster07/02/2006BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George07/02/2006St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard07/02/2006WalthamstowLabourSigned
Roger Berry07/02/2006KingswoodLabourSigned
Robert Walter07/02/2006North DorsetConservativeSigned
Alan Williams07/02/2006Swansea WestLabourSigned
David Winnick07/02/2006Walsall NorthLabourSigned
Tony Wright07/02/2006Cannock ChaseLabourSigned
Sharon Hodgson07/02/2006Gateshead East and Washington WestLabourSigned
Roberta Blackman-Woods07/02/2006City of DurhamLabourSigned
Helen Goodman07/02/2006Bishop AucklandLabourSigned
Sarah McCarthy-Fry07/02/2006Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Mark Hunter07/02/2006CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heyes08/02/2006Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
John McDonnell08/02/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Mike Wood08/02/2006Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Mary Creagh08/02/2006WakefieldLabourSigned
Robert Flello08/02/2006Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Nia Griffith08/02/2006LlanelliLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson08/02/2006North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Soames09/02/2006Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Evan Harris09/02/2006Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody09/02/2006Crewe & NantwichLabourSigned
Tony Baldry09/02/2006BanburyConservativeSigned
Andrew Stunell09/02/2006Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming09/02/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
David Burrowes09/02/2006Enfield, SouthgateConservativeSigned
Sadiq Khan09/02/2006TootingLabourSigned
Anne Milton09/02/2006GuildfordConservativeSigned
Stephen Williams09/02/2006Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Ruddock13/02/2006Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins13/02/2006Luton NorthLabourSigned
Eric Illsley13/02/2006Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd13/02/2006Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Nicholas Clegg13/02/2006Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Conway13/02/2006Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Hywel Francis13/02/2006AberavonLabourSigned
George Galloway13/02/2006Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
John Battle13/02/2006Leeds WestLabourSigned
Desmond Turner13/02/2006Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Anthony D Wright13/02/2006Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Lyn Brown13/02/2006West HamLabourSigned
Paul Rowen13/02/2006RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams13/02/2006CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Barry Sheerman14/02/2006HuddersfieldLabourSigned
Dai Havard14/02/2006Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Paul Murphy14/02/2006TorfaenLabourSigned
Bill Etherington14/02/2006Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
John Gummer14/02/2006Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
Gavin Strang14/02/2006Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Hywel Williams14/02/2006CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Tim Farron14/02/2006Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Jennifer Willott14/02/2006Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
David Laws15/02/2006YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Pelling15/02/2006Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Lembit 16/02/2006MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
David Hamilton16/02/2006MidlothianLabourSigned
Matthew Taylor16/02/2006Truro and St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch27/02/2006HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Alistair Burt27/02/2006North East BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Ben Chapman27/02/2006Wirral SouthLabourSigned
Jim Cousins27/02/2006Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Edward Davey27/02/2006Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin27/02/2006Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
John Bercow27/02/2006BuckinghamConservativeSigned
Phil Willis27/02/2006Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Benyon27/02/2006NewburyConservativeSigned
Jeremy Browne27/02/2006TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Julia Goldsworthy27/02/2006Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cummings28/02/2006EasingtonLabourSigned
David Davies28/02/2006MonmouthConservativeSigned
Norman Baker28/02/2006LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Horwood28/02/2006CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell01/03/2006ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Mates01/03/2006East HampshireConservativeSigned
Jon Cruddas01/03/2006DagenhamLabourSigned
Paul Truswell01/03/2006PudseyLabourSigned
Jeremy Wright01/03/2006Rugby and KenilworthConservativeSigned
Charles Hendry02/03/2006WealdenConservativeSigned
John Grogan02/03/2006SelbyLabourSigned
Kerry McCarthy02/03/2006Bristol EastLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland02/03/2006Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Iddon03/03/2006Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley06/03/2006RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Holloway08/03/2006GraveshamConservativeSigned
Peter Soulsby09/03/2006Leicester SouthLabourSigned
Jo Swinson13/03/2006East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
George Mudie15/03/2006Leeds EastLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara15/03/2006Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael15/03/2006Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer15/03/2006Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Emily Thornberry17/03/2006Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt22/03/2006Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Julie Kirkbride23/03/2006BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Jamie Reed29/03/2006CopelandLabourSigned
Michael Ancram30/03/2006DevizesConservativeSigned
Helen Southworth18/04/2006Warrington SouthLabourSigned
Sarah Teather18/04/2006Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
John Whittingdale18/04/2006Maldon and East ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Ann Widdecombe18/04/2006Maidstone and The WealdConservativeSigned
Richard Younger-Ross18/04/2006TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
John Penrose18/04/2006Weston-Super-MareConservativeSigned
David Anderson20/04/2006BlaydonLabourSigned
David Lepper24/04/2006Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin27/04/2006Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Dawn Butler23/05/2006Brent SouthLabourSigned
Simon Hughes09/10/2006North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Vera BairdUnknownWithdrawn

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