Legal Aid Delivery By The Not For Profit Advice Sector

EDM number 493 in 2006-07, proposed by Janet Dean on 13/12/2006.

That this House notes the proposed changes in delivery of legal aid based on Lord Carter's review of legal aid procurement, particularly the introduction of fixed fees and payment in arrears; further notes concerns in the not for profit advice sector, including the Citizens Advice Bureau, that the new fixed fee system does not sufficiently take into account the complexity of cases or of client needs and will force providers to reduce case times by refusing to take on long cases or to work with the most vulnerable and that the introduction of payment in arrears will harm the majority of not for profit agencies, which do not have the cashflow to subsidise public services by covering costs upfront; regrets the likely impact of these changes in terms of redundancies and a reduction in the number of agencies offering legal aid; and calls on the Government and the Legal Services Commission to reassess the fee levels and structures proposed and to delay further implementation beyond the April to October 2007 transition period to allow the appropriate adjustments to be made.

This motion has been signed by a total of 88 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Janet Dean	13/12/2006	Burton	Labour	Proposed
Marsha Singh	13/12/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Seconded
Tony Baldry	13/12/2006	Banbury	Conservative	Seconded
Simon Hughes	13/12/2006	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lynne Jones	13/12/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Joan Walley	13/12/2006	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	13/12/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	13/12/2006	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	13/12/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	14/12/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	14/12/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	14/12/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	14/12/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	14/12/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Glenda Jackson	14/12/2006	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	14/12/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	14/12/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Madeleine Moon	18/12/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
John Leech	18/12/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	18/12/2006	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	18/12/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/12/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	18/12/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	18/12/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	18/12/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Karen Buck	18/12/2006			Signed
Brian Jenkins	18/12/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	18/12/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	19/12/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	19/12/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	19/12/2006	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	19/12/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	19/12/2006	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Martin Caton	19/12/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	19/12/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	19/12/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	08/01/2007	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	08/01/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	08/01/2007	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	08/01/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	09/01/2007	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	09/01/2007	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	09/01/2007	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	09/01/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	09/01/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	09/01/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	09/01/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	10/01/2007	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Dawn Butler	10/01/2007	Brent South	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	10/01/2007	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	10/01/2007	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jim Dowd	11/01/2007	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	11/01/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
John Penrose	15/01/2007	Weston-Super-Mare	Conservative	Signed
David Borrow	15/01/2007	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	15/01/2007	Medway	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	16/01/2007	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Frank Dobson	16/01/2007	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	16/01/2007	Selby	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	16/01/2007	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	17/01/2007	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
David Hamilton	17/01/2007	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/01/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/01/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	22/01/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	22/01/2007	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	26/01/2007	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Moss	29/01/2007	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Roger Williams	29/01/2007	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	30/01/2007	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	31/01/2007	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	01/02/2007	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	06/02/2007	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	07/02/2007	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	19/02/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	21/02/2007	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	21/02/2007	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	22/02/2007	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	27/02/2007	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	06/03/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	14/03/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Paul Burstow	19/03/2007	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	18/04/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lyn Brown	01/05/2007	West Ham	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	04/06/2007	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	Unknown			Withdrawn
Sadiq Khan	Unknown			Withdrawn
Helen Goodman	Unknown			Withdrawn

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