Legal Aid Reform

EDM number 537 in 2006-07, proposed by Keith Vaz on 18/12/2006.

That this House, while accepting that the legal aid system is in need of reform, is concerned that the Government's planned implementation of Lord Carter's proposals could force several hundred law firms out of business leaving vulnerable clients without access to effective representation; is concerned that the proposals identified in the Carter Review could further endanger the supplier base; notes that the changes to the proposals announced by the Government on 28th November 2006, while welcome, do not go far enough; welcomes the Law Society's `What Price Justice' campaign to boost awareness of the potential risk to the most vulnerable people in society and notes that it is supported by MIND, the NSPCC, Shelter, the Refugee Council, the Child Poverty Action Group and others; and calls upon the Government to guarantee a legal aid system ensuring quality representation and fair access to justice for all.

This motion has been signed by a total of 158 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Keith Vaz	18/12/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Proposed
David Burrowes	18/12/2006	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Seconded
David Howarth	18/12/2006	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Russell	18/12/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Simon Hughes	18/12/2006	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lynne Jones	19/12/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Stephen Williams	19/12/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	19/12/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	19/12/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	19/12/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	19/12/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/12/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	19/12/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	19/12/2006	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	19/12/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	08/01/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	08/01/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	08/01/2007	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	08/01/2007	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	08/01/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	08/01/2007	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	08/01/2007	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	08/01/2007	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	08/01/2007	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	08/01/2007	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Paul Keetch	08/01/2007	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	09/01/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/01/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/01/2007	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	09/01/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Janet Anderson	09/01/2007	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	09/01/2007	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Baldry	09/01/2007	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Howard Stoate	09/01/2007	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	09/01/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	09/01/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	09/01/2007			Signed
Annette Brooke	09/01/2007	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Hoey	09/01/2007	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	09/01/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	09/01/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	09/01/2007	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	09/01/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	09/01/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ian Lucas	09/01/2007	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	09/01/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	09/01/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Bercow	10/01/2007	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Paul Truswell	10/01/2007	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	10/01/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	10/01/2007	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Roger Williams	10/01/2007	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dawn Butler	10/01/2007	Brent South	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	10/01/2007	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	10/01/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Greenway	10/01/2007	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Sanders	10/01/2007	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Humfrey Malins	10/01/2007	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Alan Meale	10/01/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	10/01/2007	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	10/01/2007	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	10/01/2007	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	10/01/2007	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	11/01/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Martin Horwood	11/01/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	11/01/2007	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	11/01/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	11/01/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	11/01/2007	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
John Horam	11/01/2007	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	11/01/2007	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	15/01/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	15/01/2007	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Penrose	15/01/2007	Weston-Super-Mare	Conservative	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	15/01/2007	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	15/01/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	15/01/2007	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	15/01/2007	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	15/01/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	15/01/2007	Dover	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	15/01/2007	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	15/01/2007	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	15/01/2007	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	15/01/2007	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	15/01/2007	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	16/01/2007	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	16/01/2007	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	16/01/2007	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	16/01/2007	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	16/01/2007	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gary Streeter	16/01/2007	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Frank Dobson	16/01/2007	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	16/01/2007	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	17/01/2007	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Wright	17/01/2007	Rugby & Kenilworth	Conservative	Signed
Bob Neill	17/01/2007	Bromley & Chislehurst	Conservative	Signed
Tim Farron	18/01/2007	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/01/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/01/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	19/01/2007	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John Austin	19/01/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	22/01/2007	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	22/01/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/01/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Dismore	22/01/2007	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	23/01/2007	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	23/01/2007	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	23/01/2007	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	23/01/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	24/01/2007	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
John Battle	24/01/2007	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	24/01/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Binley	24/01/2007	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
Geraldine Smith	26/01/2007	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Edward Leigh	29/01/2007	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Paddy Tipping	30/01/2007	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	31/01/2007	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	31/01/2007	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	01/02/2007	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	01/02/2007	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Mark Oaten	05/02/2007	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Madeleine Moon	07/02/2007	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	07/02/2007	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	07/02/2007	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	07/02/2007	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	08/02/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dowd	08/02/2007	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	19/02/2007	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	19/02/2007	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	19/02/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	19/02/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	19/02/2007	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	19/02/2007	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Butterfill	22/02/2007	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Adam Price	23/02/2007	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Don Touhig	26/02/2007	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	05/03/2007	Medway	Labour	Signed
James Clappison	19/03/2007	Hertsmere	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Huhne	19/03/2007	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	22/03/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	29/03/2007	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	17/04/2007	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	19/04/2007	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	23/04/2007	Selby	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	01/05/2007	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	01/05/2007	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	01/05/2007	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	18/05/2007	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Peter Atkinson	22/05/2007	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
David Clelland	04/06/2007	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Mark Lancaster	04/06/2007	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Signed
Doug Naysmith	19/06/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	26/06/2007	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Trickett	09/07/2007	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Lembit	26/07/2007	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brooks Newmark	08/10/2007	Braintree	Conservative	Signed
Joan Ruddock	Unknown			Withdrawn
Sadiq Khan	Unknown			Withdrawn

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