Save Legal Aid Campaign

EDM number 1257 in 1992-93, proposed by Paul Boateng on 27/01/1993.

That this House expresses its support for the Save Legal Aid Campaign; notes its broad range of support amongst professional and consumer organisations, including the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux and the National Consumer Council; welcomes their visit to Parliament on Wednesday 3rd February; calls upon the Government to reconsider its proposals to cut the Legal Aid budget by ú47 million in the current year, rising to ú147 million in 1995-96 by changing the rules for eligibility for legal aid, advice and assistance; reaffirms its commitment to the basic objectives of the Legal Aid Scheme as stated by the Lord Chancellor's Department in 1948, namely, no one will be financially unable to prosecute a just and reasonable claim or defend a legal right; calls upon the Government to do likewise; expresses concern that the effect of the implementation of the Lord Chancellor's proposals would be to remove access to justice from at least 10 million people, to impose still further burdens on the hard-pressed citizen advice bureaux and other advice services and lead to a loss of specialist legal aid solicitors on our high streets; and calls upon the Government to enter into urgent negotiations with the Law Society. Bar Council and other interested parties in order to promote a cost-effective and comprehensive strategy for legal services which promotes the efficient delivery of legal services in the interests of justice and the consumer and to bring forward its proposals to Parliament for full debate and early consideration.

This motion has been signed by a total of 188 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Paul Boateng	27/01/1993	Brent South		Proposed
Gerry Bermingham	27/01/1993	St Helens South		Signed
Mark Fisher	27/01/1993	Stoke-on-Trent Central		Signed
Alun Michael	27/01/1993	Cardiff South & Penarth		Signed
Barbara Roche	27/01/1993	Hornsey & Wood Green		Signed
Nigel Griffiths	27/01/1993	Edinburgh South		Signed
Terry Davis	28/01/1993	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	28/01/1993	Leigh		Signed
John Cummings	28/01/1993	Easington		Signed
Ann Coffey	28/01/1993	Stockport		Signed
Eric Clarke	28/01/1993	Midlothian		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	28/01/1993	Blyth Valley		Signed
Keith Bradley	28/01/1993	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Alan Milburn	28/01/1993	Darlington		Signed
Jim Dowd	28/01/1993	Lewisham West		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	28/01/1993	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
John Evans	28/01/1993	St Helens North		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	28/01/1993	Carmarthen		Signed
Jack Thompson	28/01/1993	Wansbeck		Signed
Kevin Barron	28/01/1993	Rother Valley		Signed
Harry Barnes	28/01/1993	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Mike Hall	28/01/1993	Warrington South		Signed
John Gunnell	28/01/1993	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Norman Godman	28/01/1993	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Andrew Faulds	28/01/1993	Warley East		Signed
Bill Michie	28/01/1993	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Alan Meale	28/01/1993	Mansfield		Signed
David Hinchliffe	28/01/1993	Wakefield		Signed
Nick Harvey	28/01/1993	North Devon		Signed
Dennis Skinner	28/01/1993	Bolsover		Signed
Joyce Quin	28/01/1993	Gateshead East		Signed
Ken Purchase	28/01/1993	Wolverhampton North East		Signed
Bridget Prentice	28/01/1993	Lewisham East		Signed
Colin Pickthall	28/01/1993	West Lancashire		Signed
David Hanson	28/01/1993	Delyn		Signed
Roy Hughes	28/01/1993	Newport East		Signed
Barry Jones	28/01/1993	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Jane Kennedy	28/01/1993	Liverpool Broadgreen		Signed
Ian McCartney	28/01/1993	Makerfield		Signed
Alice Mahon	28/01/1993	Halifax		Signed
Liz Lynne	28/01/1993	Rochdale		Signed
Eddie Loyden	28/01/1993	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	28/01/1993	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Signed
Ken Livingstone	28/01/1993	Brent East		Signed
Terry Lewis	28/01/1993	Worsley		Signed
Joan Lestor	28/01/1993	Eccles		Signed
Mike Watson	29/01/1993	Glasgow Central		Signed
Peter Hain	29/01/1993	Neath		Signed
Win Griffiths	29/01/1993	Bridgend		Signed
Tam Dalyell	29/01/1993	Linlithgow		Signed
Jean Corston	29/01/1993	Bristol East		Signed
John Heppell	29/01/1993	Nottingham East		Signed
Nick Raynsford	29/01/1993	Greenwich		Signed
Peter Pike	29/01/1993	Burnley		Signed
Derek Enright	01/02/1993	Hemsworth		Signed
Jim Cunningham	01/02/1993	Coventry South East		Signed
Robin Corbett	01/02/1993	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Stephen Byers	01/02/1993	Wallsend		Signed
Bill Olner	01/02/1993	Nuneaton		Signed
John Fraser	01/02/1993	Norwood		Signed
Mike Gapes	01/02/1993	Ilford South		Signed
John Garrett	01/02/1993	Norwich South		Signed
Neil Gerrard	01/02/1993	Walthamstow		Signed
Donald Anderson	01/02/1993	Swansea East		Signed
Joe Benton	01/02/1993	Bootle		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	01/02/1993	Durham, City of		Signed
Paul Tyler	01/02/1993	North Cornwall		Signed
Alf Morris	01/02/1993	Manchester Wythenshawe		Signed
William McKelvey	01/02/1993	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
John McFall	01/02/1993	Dumbarton		Signed
Mike O'Brien	01/02/1993	North Warwickshire		Signed
Tom Pendry	01/02/1993	Stalybridge & Hyde		Signed
Allan Rogers	01/02/1993	Rhondda		Signed
Ernie Ross	01/02/1993	Dundee West		Signed
Joan Ruddock	01/02/1993	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Llew Smith	01/02/1993	Blaenau Gwent		Signed
Keith Hill	01/02/1993	Streatham		Signed
Kim Howells	01/02/1993	Pontypridd		Signed
John McAllion	01/02/1993	Dundee East		Signed
Piara S Khabra	01/02/1993	Ealing, Southall		Signed
Alan Keen	01/02/1993	Feltham & Heston		Signed
Lynne Jones	01/02/1993	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Greville Janner	01/02/1993	Leicester West		Signed
Derek Fatchett	02/02/1993	Leeds Central		Signed
Bill Etherington	02/02/1993	Sunderland North		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	02/02/1993	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Denzil Davies	02/02/1993	Llanelli		Signed
Alistair Darling	02/02/1993	Edinburgh Central		Signed
Frank Cook	02/02/1993	Stockton North		Signed
Harry Cohen	02/02/1993	Leyton		Signed
Alex Carlile	02/02/1993	Montgomery		Signed
Jamie Cann	02/02/1993	Ipswich		Signed
Maria Fyfe	02/02/1993	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Nick Ainger	02/02/1993	Pembroke		Signed
Bruce Grocott	02/02/1993	Wrekin, The		Signed
Tony Worthington	02/02/1993	Clydebank & Milngavie		Signed
Robert Wareing	02/02/1993	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Joan Walley	02/02/1993	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Jimmy Boyce	02/02/1993	Rotherham		Signed
Stuart Bell	02/02/1993	Middlesbrough		Signed
Hugh Bayley	02/02/1993	York, City of		Signed
John Battle	02/02/1993	Leeds West		Signed
Hilary Armstrong	02/02/1993	North West Durham		Signed
Janet Anderson	02/02/1993	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
James Callaghan	02/02/1993	Heywood & Middleton		Signed
Richard Burden	02/02/1993	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Martin O'Neill	02/02/1993	Clackmannan		Signed
Helen Jackson	02/02/1993	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Glenda Jackson	02/02/1993	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Adam Ingram	02/02/1993	East Kilbride		Signed
Doug Hoyle	02/02/1993	Warrington North		Signed
Geoff Hoon	02/02/1993	Ashfield		Signed
Alan Simpson	02/02/1993	Nottingham South		Signed
Clare Short	02/02/1993	Birmingham, Ladywood		Signed
Gordon Prentice	02/02/1993	Pendle		Signed
Greg Pope	02/02/1993	Hyndburn		Signed
David Jamieson	02/02/1993	Plymouth, Devonport		Signed
Martyn Jones	02/02/1993	Clwyd South West		Signed
Tony Lloyd	02/02/1993	Stretford		Signed
Gordon Oakes	02/02/1993	Halton		Signed
Estelle Morris	02/02/1993	Birmingham, Yardley		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	02/02/1993	Cardiff West		Signed
Lewis Moonie	02/02/1993	Kirkcaldy		Signed
Henry McLeish	02/02/1993	Central Fife		Signed
Eric Martlew	02/02/1993	Carlisle		Signed
Peter Mandelson	02/02/1993	Hartlepool		Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	02/02/1993	Thurrock		Signed
Calum MacDonald	02/02/1993	Na h-Eileanan an Iar		Signed
Angela Eagle	03/02/1993	Wallasey		Signed
Paul Flynn	03/02/1993	Newport West		Signed
John Gilbert	03/02/1993	Dudley East		Signed
Mildred Gordon	03/02/1993	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Clive Betts	03/02/1993	Sheffield, Attercliffe		Signed
Dennis Turner	03/02/1993	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Keith Vaz	03/02/1993	Leicester East		Signed
David Young	03/02/1993	Bolton South East		Signed
Stan Orme	03/02/1993	Salford East		Signed
Edward O'Hara	03/02/1993	Knowsley South		Signed
Terry Rooney	03/02/1993	Bradford North		Signed
Barry Sheerman	03/02/1993	Huddersfield		Signed
Kate Hoey	03/02/1993	Vauxhall		Signed
John Hutton	03/02/1993	Barrow & Furness		Signed
Eric Illsley	03/02/1993	Barnsley Central		Signed
Jon Owen Jones	03/02/1993	Cardiff Central		Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	03/02/1993	Liverpool, Walton		Signed
John McWilliam	03/02/1993	Blaydon		Signed
David Clelland	04/02/1993	Tyne Bridge		Signed
Bryan Davies	04/02/1993	Oldham Central and Royton		Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	04/02/1993	Crewe & Nantwich		Signed
Diane Abbott	04/02/1993	Hackney North & Stoke Newington		Signed
Tony Benn	04/02/1993	Chesterfield		Signed
Cecil Walker	04/02/1993	Belfast North		Signed
Gareth Wardell	04/02/1993	Gower		Signed
Michael Clapham	04/02/1993	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Richard Caborn	04/02/1993	Sheffield Central		Signed
Jeremy Bray	04/02/1993	Motherwell South		Signed
Neil Kinnock	04/02/1993	Islwyn		Signed
Tessa Jowell	04/02/1993	Dulwich		Signed
Nigel Jones	04/02/1993	Cheltenham		Signed
Clive Soley	04/02/1993	Hammersmith		Signed
Andrew Smith	04/02/1993	Oxford East		Signed
Robert Parry	04/02/1993	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Eddie McGrady	05/02/1993	South Down		Signed
Jo Richardson	05/02/1993	Barking		Signed
Austin Mitchell	08/02/1993	Great Grimsby		Signed
Brian Sedgemore	09/02/1993	Hackney South & Shoreditch		Signed
Andrew Miller	09/02/1993	Ellesmere Port & Neston		Signed
Paul Murphy	09/02/1993	Torfaen		Signed
Llin Golding	09/02/1993	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Tony Wright	09/02/1993	Cannock and Burntwood		Signed
Jim Wallace	10/02/1993	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Bruce George	10/02/1993	Walsall South		Signed
Bill O'Brien	10/02/1993	Normanton		Signed
Nigel Spearing	10/02/1993	Newham South		Signed
Sam Galbraith	12/02/1993	Strathkelvin & Bearsden		Signed
John Reid	15/02/1993	Motherwell North		Signed
Norman Hogg	15/02/1993	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth		Signed
Roland Boyes	15/02/1993	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Irene Adams	16/02/1993	Paisley North		Signed
Matthew Taylor	16/02/1993	Truro		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	18/02/1993	Caernarfon		Signed
Anne Campbell	18/02/1993	Cambridge		Signed
Alan Beith	24/02/1993	Berwick-upon-Tweed		Signed
Tommy Graham	25/02/1993	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
John Hume	04/03/1993	Foyle		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	04/03/1993	Workington		Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	05/03/1993	Ynys M		Signed
Seamus Mallon	09/03/1993	Newry & Armagh		Signed

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