EDM191 - Refugee And Migrant Justice Charity

Proposed by Caroline Lucas on 09/06/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Asylum, Charities, Immigration and Legal aid.

That this House notes that the legal advice charity Refugee and Migrant Justice (RMJ) is in danger of closing because it is facing a cash crisis because a large proportion of legal aid work is now paid upon completion, meaning payment can take anything up to two years; further notes that as a result the charity has a £1.8 million backlog of payments; further notes that senior legal and human rights experts, faith leaders including the Archbishop of Canterbury, Citizens Advice, Liberty and Mind all back the campaign to rescue the legal advice charity from the cash crisis that is not of their own making; is aware that RMJ is not asking for new money but simply prompt payment of legal aid by the Legal Services Commission, or failing that, interest-free loans by the Government to cover the gap; and calls for the legal aid payment system to be changed to ensure charities are paid promptly for their work.

This motion has been signed by a total of 76 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Caroline Lucas	09/06/2010	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Proposed
Mark Durkan	09/06/2010	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
John Hemming	10/06/2010	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Alan Meale	10/06/2010	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	10/06/2010	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jonathan Edwards	10/06/2010	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	10/06/2010	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	14/06/2010	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Leech	14/06/2010	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	14/06/2010	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	14/06/2010	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	14/06/2010	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Fiona Mactaggart	15/06/2010	Slough	Labour	Signed
Rachel Reeves	15/06/2010	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	15/06/2010	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julian Huppert	15/06/2010	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Heidi Alexander	15/06/2010	Lewisham East	Labour	Signed
Penny Mordaunt	15/06/2010	Portsmouth North	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	16/06/2010	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	16/06/2010	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	16/06/2010	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	16/06/2010	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	16/06/2010	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Paul Blomfield	16/06/2010	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Simon Wright	16/06/2010	Norwich South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	16/06/2010	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Crockart	16/06/2010	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	17/06/2010	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	17/06/2010	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	17/06/2010	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	17/06/2010	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Karl Turner	21/06/2010	Kingston upon Hull East	Labour	Signed
Stella Creasy	21/06/2010	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Rushanara Ali	21/06/2010	Bethnal Green and Bow	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	21/06/2010	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Catherine McKinnell	21/06/2010	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	21/06/2010	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	21/06/2010	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	22/06/2010	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	22/06/2010	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	22/06/2010	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Jack Dromey	22/06/2010	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Jonathan Reynolds	22/06/2010	Stalybridge and Hyde	Labour	Signed
Yasmin Qureshi	23/06/2010	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Ian Murray	23/06/2010	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	23/06/2010	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Andrew Gwynne	23/06/2010	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Lilian Greenwood	23/06/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Emma Reynolds	24/06/2010	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	28/06/2010	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Tony Cunningham	28/06/2010	Workington	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	28/06/2010	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Teresa Pearce	28/06/2010	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	28/06/2010	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	28/06/2010	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	29/06/2010	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Luciana Berger	29/06/2010	Liverpool, Wavertree	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	29/06/2010	Gower	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	30/06/2010	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
David Ward	30/06/2010	Bradford East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	30/06/2010	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	30/06/2010	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	05/07/2010	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Chris Evans	05/07/2010	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	06/07/2010	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Tom Blenkinsop	06/07/2010	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	07/07/2010	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	07/07/2010	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Sheila Gilmore	07/07/2010	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	08/07/2010	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	12/07/2010	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chuka Umunna	12/07/2010	Streatham	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	15/07/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Bill Esterson	20/07/2010	Sefton Central	Labour	Signed
Tessa Munt	27/07/2010	Wells	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	27/07/2010	Halifax	Labour	Signed

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