<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>28443</id>
<session>2005-06</session>
<number>162A1</number>
<title>Lord Falconer And Judicial Reform</title>
<proposer id="10267">Oliver Heald</proposer>
<date>2005-05-26</date>
<text>leave out from `welcomes' to end and insert `the retention of the post of Lord Chancellor and his role in securing the independence of judges; notes that English judges and courts were respected at home and abroad prior to the appointment of the present Lord Chancellor; further notes that the new Supreme Court has the same powers and duties as its predecessor, but will cost much more money; and calls on the Lord Chancellor to make sure that judicial changes do not lower standards in the appointment of judges and that changes to tort law and legal aid do not lead to unacceptable restrictions on access to justice.'.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10267">Oliver Heald</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>North East Hertfordshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10854">Jonathan Djanogly</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Huntingdon</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10312">Bernard Jenkin</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>North Essex</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10062">Graham Brady</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Altrincham &amp; Sale West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11719">David Davies</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Monmouth</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11905">Edward Vaizey</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Wantage</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11245">Bob Spink</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Castle Point</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10358">Julian Lewis</mp>
		<date>2005-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>New Forest East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10643">David Wilshire</mp>
		<date>2005-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Spelthorne</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10477">Eric Pickles</mp>
		<date>2005-06-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brentwood &amp; Ongar</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11216">Andrew Selous</mp>
		<date>2005-06-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South West Bedfordshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11109">Patrick Mercer</mp>
		<date>2005-06-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newark</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10193">Michael Fabricant</mp>
		<date>2005-06-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lichfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10065">Julian Brazier</mp>
		<date>2005-06-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Canterbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10348">Eleanor Laing</mp>
		<date>2005-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Epping Forest</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11308">Angela Watkinson</mp>
		<date>2005-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Upminster</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10389">Anne McIntosh</mp>
		<date>2005-06-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Vale of York</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10257">Philip Hammond</mp>
		<date>2005-06-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Runnymede &amp; Weybridge</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10670">Stephen O'Brien</mp>
		<date>2005-06-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eddisbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11318">Bill Wiggin</mp>
		<date>2005-07-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leominster</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10632">John Whittingdale</mp>
		<date>2005-07-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Maldon &amp; East Chelmsford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10221">Edward Garnier</mp>
		<date>2005-07-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harborough</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11265">Hugo Swire</mp>
		<date>2005-07-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Devon</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11588">Mark Harper</mp>
		<date>2005-07-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Forest of Dean</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11640">James Brokenshire</mp>
		<date>2005-07-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hornchurch</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10470">James Paice</mp>
		<date>2005-07-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South East Cambridgeshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11791">Jeremy Wright</mp>
		<date>2005-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rugby &amp; Kenilworth</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11599">Adam Holloway</mp>
		<date>2005-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gravesham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10726">Henry Bellingham</mp>
		<date>2005-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10249">John Gummer</mp>
		<date>2005-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Suffolk Coastal</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10289">John Horam</mp>
		<date>2005-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Orpington</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10265">John Hayes</mp>
		<date>2005-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Holland &amp; The Deepings</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10815">Derek Conway</mp>
		<date>2005-10-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Old Bexley &amp; Sidcup</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11603">Anne Milton</mp>
		<date>2005-11-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Guildford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
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