Secret Evidence

EDM number 1308 in 2008-09, proposed by Diane Abbott on 21/04/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Administration of justice.

That this House believes the use of secret evidence in UK courts is fundamentally wrong; notes that secret evidence is evidence held by the Home Office against an individual that neither the individual, nor their legal representation, may see; further notes that in recent cases secret evidence has been used to detain individuals in prison for up to three years without charge or trial; further notes that these individuals may also be put under a control order or severe bail conditions, greatly limiting their movements and ability to lead a healthy life; further believes that the use of secret evidence by the state against individuals runs entirely contrary to Habeas Corpus; recognises the European Court of Human Rights' ruling that detaining individuals on the basis of secret evidence is unlawful because detainees had not been able to effectively challenge the allegations against them; and calls on the Government to begin an immediate independent review into the use of evidence that is not ever heard by the defendant or their lawyer but which is used to justify indefinite detention, severe bail conditions or control orders.

This motion has been signed by a total of 93 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Diane Abbott	21/04/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Proposed
David Drew	21/04/2009	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
David Lepper	21/04/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Seconded
Sarah Teather	21/04/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lynne Featherstone	21/04/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	21/04/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	21/04/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	21/04/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	22/04/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	22/04/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	22/04/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/04/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	22/04/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	22/04/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	22/04/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	22/04/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	22/04/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	22/04/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	22/04/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	22/04/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	22/04/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	23/04/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Paul Rowen	23/04/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	23/04/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	23/04/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	23/04/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/04/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	23/04/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	23/04/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	23/04/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	23/04/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	27/04/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	28/04/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	28/04/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	28/04/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	29/04/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/04/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	29/04/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	29/04/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	30/04/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
George Galloway	30/04/2009	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Michael Weir	30/04/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	05/05/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Michael Clapham	05/05/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
David Wilshire	06/05/2009	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
David Davis	06/05/2009	Haltemprice & Howden	Conservative	Signed
Kate Hoey	06/05/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	06/05/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Mason	07/05/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jennifer Willott	07/05/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	07/05/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Colin Challen	07/05/2009	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	07/05/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	08/05/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	13/05/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	18/05/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	19/05/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	19/05/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	20/05/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	21/05/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Taylor	21/05/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Greg Mulholland	21/05/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	01/06/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	01/06/2009	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	01/06/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	01/06/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	03/06/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	04/06/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	04/06/2009	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Stewart Hosie	08/06/2009	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Chaytor	11/06/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	11/06/2009	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	16/06/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	17/06/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	18/06/2009	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Susan Kramer	22/06/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Havard	23/06/2009	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	25/06/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	25/06/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	25/06/2009	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	29/06/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Pete Wishart	29/06/2009	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	30/06/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	01/07/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	01/07/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	01/07/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	09/07/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	14/07/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	21/07/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	13/10/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	13/10/2009	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn

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