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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.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alan Meale21/10/2008MansfieldLabourProposed
Mike Hancock22/10/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lynne Jones22/10/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Martin Caton22/10/2008GowerLabourSeconded
Bob Laxton22/10/2008Derby NorthLabourSeconded
Ronnie Campbell22/10/2008Blyth ValleyLabourSeconded
Jim Devine22/10/2008LivingstonLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins23/10/2008TamworthLabourSigned
David Drew23/10/2008StroudLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins27/10/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Albert Owen27/10/2008Ynys MLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin27/10/2008Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Betty Williams27/10/2008ConwyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson28/10/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Dai Davies28/10/2008Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Rudi Vis28/10/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
John McDonnell28/10/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Frank Cook29/10/2008Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer29/10/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner30/10/2008BolsoverLabourSigned
Bill Etherington30/10/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Denis Murphy03/11/2008WansbeckLabourSigned
Vincent Cable03/11/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley04/11/2008Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Harry Cohen06/11/2008Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Edward Davey06/11/2008Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley11/11/2008Barnsley CentralLabourSigned

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