50834
2017-19
369
Cuts To Legal Aid Since 2013
Caroline Lucas
2017-10-11
That this House is deeply concerned by growing evidence, including reports by Amnesty International and the Law Society, that cuts to legal aid since April 2013, under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), have left thousands of the most disadvantaged in society, including children and people with learning disabilities, without the legal advice and support essential to access justice and equality before the law; notes that, in the first year after LASPO came into force, the number of cases in which legal aid was granted fell by 46 per cent from 925,000 to 497,000; further notes that the number of legal aid providers has fallen by 20 per cent from 2,991 to 2,393, leading to the emergence of advice deserts across England and Wales where the provision of free legal advice is disappearing, especially in housing law; shares the view of the Law Society, as expressed in its June 2017 report, Access denied? LASPO four years on, that LASPO has severely undermined access to justice and that this is resulting in the escalation of legal problems and knock-on costs elsewhere in the public sector; welcomes the Government's commitment to undertake a wholsesale review of the impact of LASPO by April 2018; and calls on the Government both to ensure that the review assesses the wider impact of LASPO on public services and to commence and conclude the review as a matter of urgency.
Legal aid
Caroline Lucas
2017-10-11
Proposed
Brighton, Pavilion
Green
Karen Buck
2017-10-11
Seconded
Westminster North
Labour
Andy Slaughter
2017-10-11
Seconded
Hammersmith
Labour
Liz Saville Roberts
2017-10-11
Seconded
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Plaid Cymru
Peter Bottomley
2017-10-11
Seconded
Worthing West
Conservative
Edward Davey
2017-10-11
Seconded
Kingston and Surbiton
Liberal Democrat
Chuka Umunna
2017-10-11
Signed
Streatham
Labour
Stephen Doughty
2017-10-11
Signed
Cardiff South and Penarth
Labour
Tulip Siddiq
2017-10-11
Signed
Hampstead and Kilburn
Labour
Daniel Zeichner
2017-10-11
Signed
Cambridge
Labour
Wera Hobhouse
2017-10-11
Signed
Bath
Liberal Democrat
James Frith
2017-10-11
Signed
Bury North
Labour
Rosie Duffield
2017-10-11
Signed
Canterbury
Labour
Lucy Powell
2017-10-11
Signed
Manchester Central
Labour
Alistair Carmichael
2017-10-11
Signed
Orkney and Shetland
Liberal Democrat
Paul Flynn
2017-10-11
Signed
Newport West
Labour
Vernon Coaker
2017-10-11
Signed
Gedling
Labour
Jo Swinson
2017-10-11
Signed
East Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat
Mike Gapes
2017-10-11
Signed
Ilford South
Labour
Teresa Pearce
2017-10-11
Signed
Erith and Thamesmead
Labour
Roger Godsiff
2017-10-11
Signed
Birmingham, Hall Green
Labour
Ellie Reeves
2017-10-11
Signed
Lewisham West and Penge
Labour
John Grogan
2017-10-11
Signed
Hywel Williams
2017-10-11
Signed
Arfon
Plaid Cymru
Ronnie Campbell
2017-10-11
Signed
Blyth Valley
Labour
Louise Ellman
2017-10-11
Signed
Liverpool, Riverside
Labour
Tom Brake
2017-10-11
Signed
Carshalton and Wallington
Liberal Democrat
Rupa Huq
2017-10-11
Signed
Ealing Central and Acton
Labour
Jim Cunningham
2017-10-11
Signed
Coventry South
Labour
Tonia Antoniazzi
2017-10-11
Signed
Gower
Labour
Rushanara Ali
2017-10-11
Signed
Bethnal Green and Bow
Labour
Christine Jardine
2017-10-11
Signed
Edinburgh West
Liberal Democrat
Jamie Stone
2017-10-11
Signed
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Liberal Democrat
Keith Vaz
2017-10-11
Signed
Leicester East
Labour
Sandy Martin
2017-10-11
Signed
Ipswich
Labour
Helen Hayes
2017-10-11
Signed
Dulwich and West Norwood
Labour
Virendra Sharma
2017-10-11
Signed
Ealing, Southall
Labour
Jonathan Edwards
2017-10-11
Signed
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Plaid Cymru
Harriet Harman
2017-10-11
Signed
Camberwell and Peckham
Labour
Lisa Nandy
2017-10-11
Signed
Wigan
Labour
Tim Farron
2017-10-11
Signed
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Liberal Democrat
Jess Phillips
2017-10-11
Signed
Birmingham, Yardley
Labour
Laura Pidcock
2017-10-11
Signed
North West Durham
Labour
Stephen Kinnock
2017-10-11
Signed
Aberavon
Labour
Jon Cruddas
2017-10-11
Signed
Dagenham and Rainham
Labour
Kate Green
2017-10-11
Signed
Stretford and Urmston
Labour
Stephen Twigg
2017-10-11
Signed
Liverpool, West Derby
Labour
Layla Moran
2017-10-11
Signed
Oxford West and Abingdon
Liberal Democrat
Catherine West
2017-10-11
Signed
Hornsey and Wood Green
Labour
Alex Sobel
2017-10-11
Signed
Leeds North West
Labour/Co-operative
Paul Farrelly
2017-10-11
Signed
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Labour
Neil Coyle
2017-10-11
Signed
Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Labour
Seema Malhotra
2017-10-11
Signed
Feltham and Heston
Labour
Frank Field
2017-10-11
Signed
Birkenhead
Labour
Ben Lake
2017-10-11
Signed
Ceredigion
Plaid Cymru
Clive Lewis
2017-10-11
Signed
Norwich South
Labour
Catherine McKinnell
2017-10-11
Signed
Newcastle upon Tyne North
Labour
Mohammad Yasin
2017-10-11
Signed
Bedford
Labour
Luciana Berger
2017-10-11
Signed
Liverpool, Wavertree
Labour
Ruth George
2017-10-11
Signed
High Peak
Labour
Norman Lamb
2017-10-11
Signed
North Norfolk
Liberal Democrat
Conor McGinn
2017-10-11
Signed
St Helens North
Labour
David Lammy
2017-10-11
Signed
Tottenham
Labour
Bambos Charalambous
2017-10-11
Signed
Enfield, Southgate
Labour
Emma Dent Coad
2017-10-11
Signed
Kensington
Labour
Jared O'Mara
2017-10-11
Signed
Sheffield, Hallam
Labour
Stephen Lloyd
2017-10-11
Signed
Eastbourne
Liberal Democrat
Ann Clwyd
2017-10-11
Signed
Cynon Valley
Labour
Jim Shannon
2017-10-12
Signed
Strangford
DUP
Chris Stephens
2017-10-12
Signed
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
Alison Thewliss
2017-10-12
Signed
Glasgow Central
Scottish National Party
Jo Stevens
2017-10-16
Signed
Cardiff Central
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2017-10-16
Signed
Luton North
Labour
David Linden
2017-10-16
Signed
Glasgow East
Scottish National Party
Mike Amesbury
2017-10-16
Signed
Weaver Vale
Labour
Dennis Skinner
2017-10-16
Signed
Bolsover
Labour
Hilary Benn
2017-10-16
Signed
Leeds Central
Labour
Marie Rimmer
2017-10-17
Signed
St Helens South and Whiston
Labour
Lady Hermon
2017-10-18
Signed
North Down
Independent
Hugh Gaffney
2017-10-20
Signed
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Labour
Stephen Hepburn
2017-10-23
Signed
Jarrow
Labour
Barry Sheerman
2017-10-24
Signed
Huddersfield
Labour
Thelma Walker
2017-10-31
Signed
Colne Valley
Labour