<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>17329</id>
<session>1998-99</session>
<number>367</number>
<title>Mediation Services</title>
<proposer id="10304">Brian Iddon</proposer>
<date>1999-02-26</date>
<text>That this House recognises the role of mediation services as a cost-effective and highly successful method of conflict resolution; recognises the good work carried out by all the neighbour dispute services in the UK by their full-time staff and volunteers; notes the importance of Mediation UK as an umbrella organisation which provides a valuable resource for training and the spreading of best practice; and urges the Government to continue funding these organisations as a way of saving money for local authorities, those whose quality of life is improved by mediation, and the courts.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10304">Brian Iddon</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton South East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10463">Bill Olner</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nuneaton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10075">Karen Buck</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10081">Christine Butler</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Castle Point</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10090">Dale Campbell-Savours</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Workington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10117">Tony Clarke</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Northampton South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10178">Julia Drown</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Swindon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10185">Clive Efford</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eltham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10224">Neil Gerrard</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walthamstow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10021">John Austin</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Erith &amp; Thamesmead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10026">Harry Barnes</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Derbyshire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10440">Margaret Moran</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10437">Laura Moffatt</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Crawley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10346">Ashok Kumar</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Middlesbrough South &amp; East Cleveland</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10474">Ian Pearson</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dudley South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10484">Stephen Pound</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ealing North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10487">Gordon Prentice</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pendle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10494">Lawrie Quinn</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Scarborough &amp; Whitby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10533">Jonathan R Shaw</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chatham &amp; Aylesford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10544">Dennis Skinner</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolsover</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10557">Helen Southworth</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Warrington South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10273">Ivan Henderson</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harwich</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10302">Alan Hurst</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Braintree</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10338">David Kidney</mp>
		<date>1999-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stafford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10145">Lawrence Cunliffe</mp>
		<date>1999-03-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leigh</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10138">Tom Cox</mp>
		<date>1999-03-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tooting</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10432">Bill Michie</mp>
		<date>1999-03-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Heeley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10415">Gordon Marsden</mp>
		<date>1999-03-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blackpool South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10325">Nigel Jones</mp>
		<date>1999-03-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheltenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>1999-03-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10580">Desmond Swayne</mp>
		<date>1999-03-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>New Forest West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10407">Alice Mahon</mp>
		<date>1999-03-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Halifax</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10513">Ernie Ross</mp>
		<date>1999-03-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10497">Syd Rapson</mp>
		<date>1999-03-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10570">Paul Stinchcombe</mp>
		<date>1999-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wellingborough</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10024">Jackie Ballard</mp>
		<date>1999-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Taunton</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>1999-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10105">Michael Clapham</mp>
		<date>1999-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley West &amp; Penistone</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10353">David Lepper</mp>
		<date>1999-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Pavilion</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>1999-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10527">Adrian Sanders</mp>
		<date>1999-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Torbay</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10199">Jim Fitzpatrick</mp>
		<date>1999-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Poplar &amp; Canning Town</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10166">Janet Dean</mp>
		<date>1999-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>1999-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10114">Eric Clarke</mp>
		<date>1999-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Midlothian</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10084">Vincent Cable</mp>
		<date>1999-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Twickenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10455">Doug Naysmith</mp>
		<date>1999-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>1999-03-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10649">Audrey Wise</mp>
		<date>1999-03-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Preston</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>1999-03-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10184">Huw Edwards</mp>
		<date>1999-03-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Monmouth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10143">John Cryer</mp>
		<date>1999-03-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hornchurch</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10399">Kevin McNamara</mp>
		<date>1999-03-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingston upon Hull North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10546">Angela Smith</mp>
		<date>1999-03-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Basildon</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10481">Kerry Pollard</mp>
		<date>1999-03-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Albans</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10341">Oona King</mp>
		<date>1999-03-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bethnal Green &amp; Bow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10237">Donald Gorrie</mp>
		<date>1999-03-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10230">Norman Godman</mp>
		<date>1999-03-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Greenock &amp; Inverclyde</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10404">John McWilliam</mp>
		<date>1999-03-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blaydon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>1999-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10037">Tony Benn</mp>
		<date>1999-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chesterfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10222">Andrew George</mp>
		<date>1999-03-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Ives</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10372">Andrew Love</mp>
		<date>1999-03-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edmonton</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>1999-03-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10203">Paul Flynn</mp>
		<date>1999-03-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newport West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10629">Brian White</mp>
		<date>1999-03-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Milton Keynes</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10210">Michael Jabez Foster</mp>
		<date>1999-03-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hastings &amp; Rye</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10262">Nick Harvey</mp>
		<date>1999-03-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Devon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10364">Ken Livingstone</mp>
		<date>1999-05-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brent East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10001">Diane Abbott</mp>
		<date>1999-05-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney North &amp; Stoke Newington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10163">Terry Davis</mp>
		<date>1999-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Hodge Hill</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>
