Independent Review Of Complaints Against Solicitors

EDM number 683 in 1998-99, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 25/05/1999.

That this House notes the increasing number of complaints against solicitors, the continuing high level of dissatisfaction with the complaints handling by the Office of Supervision of Solicitors, the conflicting roles of the Law Society as both the regulator and trade association representing the interests of its members, which undermine public confidence in the present system; is concerned by the recent survey or the Office of the Legal Services Ombudsman which found dissatisfaction with the OSS's handling of complaints (61 per cent. very dissatisfied, 13 per cent. fairly dissatisfied); and therefore calls for the establishment of a new system for investigating and adjudicating complaints against solicitors which is independent of the Law Society and is able to both decide on complaints and award appropriate compensation where a complaint is upheld, leaving any disciplinary action required and all other aspects of self regulation to the Law Society.

This motion has been signed by a total of 113 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	25/05/1999	Great Grimsby	Labour	Proposed
Gordon Prentice	25/05/1999	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	25/05/1999	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	25/05/1999	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Michael Fallon	26/05/1999	Sevenoaks	Conservative	Signed
Eric Clarke	26/05/1999	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	26/05/1999	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	26/05/1999	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	26/05/1999	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	26/05/1999	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	08/06/1999	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/06/1999	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Cox	08/06/1999	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	08/06/1999	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	08/06/1999	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	08/06/1999	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Oona King	09/06/1999	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	09/06/1999	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	09/06/1999	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	10/06/1999	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	10/06/1999	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Lynne Jones	10/06/1999	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	11/06/1999	Easington	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	11/06/1999	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	14/06/1999	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	14/06/1999	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Andrew George	15/06/1999	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	17/06/1999	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angela Smith	17/06/1999	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tom Pendry	17/06/1999	Stalybridge & Hyde	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	18/06/1999	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	21/06/1999	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	21/06/1999	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	21/06/1999	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	22/06/1999	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	22/06/1999	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Love	22/06/1999	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Richard Livsey	22/06/1999	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Piara S Khabra	22/06/1999	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	22/06/1999	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	22/06/1999	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Llin Golding	23/06/1999	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	23/06/1999	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	23/06/1999	Dover	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	24/06/1999	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Stephen Ladyman	24/06/1999	South Thanet	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	25/06/1999	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Campbell	25/06/1999	Tynemouth	Labour	Signed
George Stevenson	25/06/1999	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	28/06/1999	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	28/06/1999	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	28/06/1999	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	29/06/1999	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	29/06/1999	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	29/06/1999	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Audrey Wise	30/06/1999	Preston	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	30/06/1999	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Nigel Beard	30/06/1999	Bexleyheath & Crayford	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	30/06/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	30/06/1999	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	30/06/1999	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	01/07/1999	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	01/07/1999	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	01/07/1999	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Liz Blackman	01/07/1999	Erewash	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	01/07/1999	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Geraint Davies	01/07/1999	Croydon Central	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	01/07/1999	Gower	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	01/07/1999	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	01/07/1999	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	01/07/1999	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	01/07/1999	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Maria Eagle	02/07/1999	Liverpool, Garston	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	05/07/1999	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	05/07/1999	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	05/07/1999	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	05/07/1999	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Christine Butler	06/07/1999	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	06/07/1999	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Barry Gardiner	06/07/1999	Brent North	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	06/07/1999	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	07/07/1999	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Joe Ashton	07/07/1999	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	07/07/1999	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	07/07/1999	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Brand	07/07/1999	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	08/07/1999	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Wray	08/07/1999	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Ron Davies	12/07/1999	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	14/07/1999	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John McWilliam	14/07/1999	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	14/07/1999	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	15/07/1999	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	15/07/1999	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	19/07/1999	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	20/07/1999			Signed
Terry Davis	21/07/1999	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	21/07/1999	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Cotter	23/07/1999	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	27/07/1999	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	27/07/1999	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	27/07/1999	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	19/10/1999	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	19/10/1999	Ayr	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	21/10/1999	Luton North	Labour	Signed
David Atkinson	21/10/1999	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	26/10/1999	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Allan Rogers	28/10/1999	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	28/10/1999	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorna Fitzsimons	04/11/1999	Rochdale	Labour	Signed
Gerry Sutcliffe	Unknown			Withdrawn
Graham Stringer	Unknown			Withdrawn
Chris Mullin	Unknown			Withdrawn

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