Refugee And Migrant Justice Charity
EDM number 191 in 2010-12, 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This motion has been signed by a total of 86 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| 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 |
| Jonathan Edwards | 10/06/2010 | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Seconded |
| Andrew George | 10/06/2010 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Alan Meale | 10/06/2010 | Mansfield | Labour | Seconded |
| John Hemming | 10/06/2010 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Peter Bottomley | 10/06/2010 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
| Stephen Williams | 14/06/2010 | Bristol West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Leech | 14/06/2010 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jim Dobbin | 14/06/2010 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 14/06/2010 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 14/06/2010 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Penny Mordaunt | 15/06/2010 | Portsmouth North | Conservative | Signed |
| Rachel Reeves | 15/06/2010 | Leeds West | Labour | Signed |
| Julian Huppert | 15/06/2010 | Cambridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Heidi Alexander | 15/06/2010 | Lewisham East | Labour | Signed |
| John Cryer | 15/06/2010 | Leyton and Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| Fiona Mactaggart | 15/06/2010 | Slough | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Russell | 15/06/2010 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Simon Wright | 16/06/2010 | Norwich South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Paul Blomfield | 16/06/2010 | Sheffield Central | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Crockart | 16/06/2010 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Clive Betts | 16/06/2010 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 16/06/2010 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ian Davidson | 16/06/2010 | Glasgow South West | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Lazarowicz | 16/06/2010 | Edinburgh North & Leith | Labour | Signed |
| Glenda Jackson | 16/06/2010 | Hampstead & Highgate | Labour | Signed |
| Adrian Sanders | 16/06/2010 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 17/06/2010 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Withdrawn |
| Kerry McCarthy | 17/06/2010 | Bristol East | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 17/06/2010 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Gerald Kaufman | 17/06/2010 | Manchester, Gorton | Labour | Signed |
| Rushanara Ali | 21/06/2010 | Bethnal Green and Bow | Labour | Signed |
| Catherine McKinnell | 21/06/2010 | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Labour | Signed |
| Karl Turner | 21/06/2010 | Kingston upon Hull East | Labour | Signed |
| Stella Creasy | 21/06/2010 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Greg Mulholland | 21/06/2010 | Leeds North West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mike Gapes | 21/06/2010 | Ilford South | Labour | Signed |
| Louise Ellman | 21/06/2010 | Liverpool, Riverside | Labour | Signed |
| Jack Dromey | 22/06/2010 | Birmingham, Erdington | Labour | Signed |
| Jonathan Reynolds | 22/06/2010 | Stalybridge and Hyde | Labour | Signed |
| Angela Smith | 22/06/2010 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Labour | Signed |
| Graham Stringer | 22/06/2010 | Manchester, Blackley | Labour | Signed |
| Kate Hoey | 22/06/2010 | Vauxhall | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Murray | 23/06/2010 | Edinburgh South | Labour | Signed |
| Lilian Greenwood | 23/06/2010 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Yasmin Qureshi | 23/06/2010 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
| Fiona O'Donnell | 23/06/2010 | East Lothian | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Gwynne | 23/06/2010 | Denton & Reddish | Labour | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 23/06/2010 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Emma Reynolds | 24/06/2010 | Wolverhampton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Teresa Pearce | 28/06/2010 | Erith and Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Emily Thornberry | 28/06/2010 | Islington South & Finsbury | 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 |
| Chris Ruane | 28/06/2010 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
| Christopher Leslie | 29/06/2010 | Nottingham East | Labour | Signed |
| Russell Brown | 29/06/2010 | Dumfries & Galloway | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 29/06/2010 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| Luciana Berger | 29/06/2010 | Liverpool, Wavertree | 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 |
| John McDonnell | 30/06/2010 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 05/07/2010 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Evans | 05/07/2010 | Islwyn | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Blenkinsop | 06/07/2010 | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
| Andy Slaughter | 06/07/2010 | Hammersmith | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Dobson | 06/07/2010 | Holborn & St Pancras | 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 |
| Chuka Umunna | 12/07/2010 | Streatham | Labour | Signed |
| Lorely Burt | 12/07/2010 | Solihull | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Crausby | 15/07/2010 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Esterson | 20/07/2010 | Sefton Central | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Riordan | 27/07/2010 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Tessa Munt | 27/07/2010 | Wells | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tom Brake | 06/09/2010 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Graham Brady | 06/09/2010 | Altrincham & Sale West | Conservative | Signed |
| John Robertson | 06/09/2010 | Glasgow North West | Labour | Signed |
| Shabana Mahmood | 14/09/2010 | Birmingham, Ladywood | Labour | Signed |
| Margaret Hodge | 15/09/2010 | Barking | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Williams | 15/09/2010 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
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