Family Records Centre

EDM number 1999 in 2006-07, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 24/07/2007.

That this House deplores the decision by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to close the Family Records Centre in Islington in 2008, leaving England and Wales without a Public Search Room for the first time since 1836 and resulting in the compulsory redundancy of 20 members of staff; believes that the provision of a service online or on microfiche is a completely inadequate substitute, especially for customers requiring documents urgently, for example in support of passport applications and benefit claims; and therefore believes that the ONS's decision represents a complete withdrawal of services that the Registrar General has a duty to provide to customers ranging from legal firms to genealogy societies.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jeremy Corbyn	24/07/2007	Islington North	Labour	Proposed
Andrew Dismore	25/07/2007	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Robert Wareing	25/07/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Seconded
Stephen Williams	25/07/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Gregory Campbell	25/07/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Seconded
Andrew Pelling	25/07/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Seconded
Rudi Vis	25/07/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	25/07/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	25/07/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	25/07/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	26/07/2007	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Betty Williams	26/07/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	26/07/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	26/07/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	26/07/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/07/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	26/07/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	26/07/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Pugh	26/07/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Walker	08/10/2007	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	08/10/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Bercow	08/10/2007	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Hall	08/10/2007	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	08/10/2007	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Mates	08/10/2007	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	08/10/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	09/10/2007	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	09/10/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	09/10/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
David Drew	09/10/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	09/10/2007	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	09/10/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	10/10/2007	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Janet Dean	10/10/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Paul Murphy	11/10/2007	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	15/10/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	22/10/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	25/10/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	29/10/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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