Appeals Tribunal Service
EDM number 2312 in 2007-08, proposed by Alan Meale on 21/10/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Administration of justice.
That this House is concerned about the inefficiencies which currently exist within the Appeals Tribunal Service which render it unable to function as intended; notes the case of Priscilla Furlong, a GMB trade union member from the East Midlands area, who first applied for industrial injuries disablement benefit in early 2005 but since had to endure a large number of appeal hearings to press her case; further notes that one hearing had to be cancelled because the tribunal failed to recognise that barrister representation was necessary and that a further cancellation two months later was caused because the service had hired an expert orthopaedic consultant instead of a psychiatrist; and believes a complete overhaul of the service needs to be instigated by the Government, not least because of the vast amounts of public money wasted on the administration of cases that take years of costly appeals.
This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.
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