Request To Examine Solicitors Fee Structure In Mining Health Claims (3) (EDM401)

Request To Examine Solicitors Fee Structure In Mining Health Claims (3)

EDM number 401 in 2003-04, proposed by Michael Clapham on 12/01/2004.

That this House is pleased to learn that some firms of solicitors have now agreed to refund claimants any extra charges they have levied and one on the panel of the Miners Welfare and Compensation Agency has been forced to repay a Ãº9,000 success fee to an 80 year old widow; expresses condemnation of solicitors who deprive miners and their widows of their full compensation awards when their legal costs and legitimate disbursements have been paid by the Department of Trade and Industry; is appalled that the Miners Welfare and Compensation Agency continues to pass itself off as a welfare body when they have no connection whatsoever within the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation or any other reputable charity serving mining communities; and calls on the Miners Welfare and Compensation Agency to instruct its panel of solicitors to refund to miners and their widows all success fees deducted from compensation awarded under the Government's coal health scheme.

This motion has been signed by a total of 68 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Michael Clapham	12/01/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Proposed
Ken Purchase	12/01/2004	Wolverhampton North East	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Robert Wareing	12/01/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	12/01/2004	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Hamilton	12/01/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	12/01/2004	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	12/01/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	12/01/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	12/01/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	12/01/2004	Easington	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	12/01/2004	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Kevin Brennan	12/01/2004	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	12/01/2004	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	12/01/2004	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	12/01/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	12/01/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Kevin Hughes	12/01/2004	Doncaster North	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	12/01/2004	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	12/01/2004	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	13/01/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	13/01/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	13/01/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	13/01/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	13/01/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	13/01/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/01/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	13/01/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	13/01/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/01/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	13/01/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
John Mann	13/01/2004	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	13/01/2004	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	13/01/2004	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	13/01/2004	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	13/01/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Paul Holmes	13/01/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/01/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	13/01/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	13/01/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	14/01/2004	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	14/01/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	14/01/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	14/01/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	14/01/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	14/01/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Flynn	14/01/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	14/01/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	14/01/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John McDonnell	15/01/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	19/01/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Austin	20/01/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	20/01/2004	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	20/01/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alan Williams	20/01/2004	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	21/01/2004	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nigel Jones	21/01/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/01/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	22/01/2004	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Jack Cunningham	27/01/2004	Copeland	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	04/02/2004	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	05/02/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	10/02/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	11/02/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	24/02/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	23/03/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	18/06/2004	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	16/07/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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