Law Centre Network

EDM number 692 in 2004-05, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 08/02/2005.

That this House remembers the principles established in the Access to Justice Act 1999 that it is not enough for people to have rights but that they must be able to enforce these rights; notes with concern that the number of people assisted by Community Legal Service funds has dropped by nearly half the number of those funded in 2000; recognises that anticipated additional funding from local authorities meant to provide legal and advice services has not occurred, giving rise to a legal aid lottery which denies people access to justice; notes with alarm that two law centres in Humberside and Liverpool face closure because local authorities have reduced or stopped their funding; further notes that people are increasingly losing their right to seek independent legal advice; believes that this undermines Government objectives for regenerating deprived neighbourhoods, affects the most vulnerable and socially excluded members of society and ensures that such legal triumphs as Humberside's victory in winning redundancy payments for fishermen are unlikely now to be repeated; and calls on the Government to adopt a five-year plan to tackle disadvantage and which will secure funds to develop a national network of law centres and advice providers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 116 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	08/02/2005	Great Grimsby	Labour	Proposed
John McDonnell	08/02/2005	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	08/02/2005	Selby	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	08/02/2005	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	09/02/2005	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	09/02/2005	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	09/02/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	09/02/2005	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	09/02/2005	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Rudi Vis	09/02/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	09/02/2005	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
David Drew	09/02/2005	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	09/02/2005	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/02/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	09/02/2005	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	09/02/2005	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	09/02/2005	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/02/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	09/02/2005	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin Caton	09/02/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/02/2005	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	10/02/2005	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	10/02/2005	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Rob Marris	10/02/2005	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	10/02/2005	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	10/02/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	10/02/2005	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	10/02/2005	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	21/02/2005	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	21/02/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	21/02/2005	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
John Taylor	21/02/2005	Solihull	Conservative	Signed
Jenny Tonge	21/02/2005	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	21/02/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Tony Worthington	21/02/2005	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	21/02/2005	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	21/02/2005	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	21/02/2005	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	21/02/2005	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	21/02/2005	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	21/02/2005	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	21/02/2005	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	21/02/2005	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Ross Cranston	21/02/2005	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	22/02/2005	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Simon Thomas	22/02/2005	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Valerie Davey	22/02/2005	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	22/02/2005	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	22/02/2005	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	22/02/2005	Putney	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	22/02/2005	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	22/02/2005	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	22/02/2005	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Bradley	22/02/2005	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	22/02/2005	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	22/02/2005	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	22/02/2005	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	23/02/2005	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	23/02/2005	Burton	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	23/02/2005	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	23/02/2005	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John Austin	23/02/2005	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	23/02/2005	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	23/02/2005	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	23/02/2005	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Albert Owen	23/02/2005	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	23/02/2005	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Joan Humble	23/02/2005	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	23/02/2005	North Down	UUP	Signed
Derek Wyatt	24/02/2005	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
John Battle	24/02/2005	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	24/02/2005	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	24/02/2005	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	25/02/2005	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tony McWalter	25/02/2005	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Etherington	25/02/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	28/02/2005	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	28/02/2005	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	28/02/2005	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	28/02/2005	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	01/03/2005	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Joan Walley	01/03/2005	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	01/03/2005	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	01/03/2005	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	01/03/2005	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	01/03/2005			Signed
David Kidney	01/03/2005	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	01/03/2005	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	02/03/2005	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	03/03/2005	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	03/03/2005	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	03/03/2005	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	04/03/2005	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Robert Jackson	04/03/2005	Wantage	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	04/03/2005	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	04/03/2005	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Clark	07/03/2005	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	08/03/2005	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	08/03/2005	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	08/03/2005	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	08/03/2005	St Albans	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	09/03/2005	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	09/03/2005	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
David Amess	10/03/2005	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	10/03/2005	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	10/03/2005	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Joyce Quin	14/03/2005	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	14/03/2005	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Chidgey	15/03/2005	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	15/03/2005	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	17/03/2005	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Andy King	17/03/2005	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Barbara Roche	17/03/2005	Hornsey & Wood Green	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	24/03/2005	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Chris Smith	04/04/2005	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	04/04/2005	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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