Access To Justice (EDM710)

Access To Justice

EDM number 710 in 2003-04, proposed by Wayne David on 26/02/2004.

That this House welcomes the Citizens Advice report, Geography of Advice - An Overview of the Challenges Facing the Community Legal Service; acknowledges that there are serious shortcomings in the civil legal aid system which result in a disproportionate lack of access to legal services for citizens on low incomes; recognises that vulnerable people living in legal advice deserts deserve greater access to justice; agrees that access to civil legal aid services is integral to building a fair and just society; recognises that there is great potential in the Community Legal Service to address this problem but that too often services are tarnished by unnecessary bureaucracy and constraints on their funding; and calls upon the Department for Constitutional Affairs urgently to act to improve and invest in the Community Legal Service to create a more equitable system of legal aid.

This motion has been signed by a total of 72 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Wayne David	26/02/2004	Caerphilly	Labour	Proposed
Julie Morgan	26/02/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
John Smith	26/02/2004	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	26/02/2004	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	26/02/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	26/02/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	26/02/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	27/02/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	01/03/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Edward Garnier	01/03/2004	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	01/03/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	01/03/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	01/03/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	02/03/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	02/03/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
David Drew	02/03/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Cunningham	02/03/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/03/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	02/03/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	02/03/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	02/03/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	02/03/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
John Austin	03/03/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	03/03/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	04/03/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	04/03/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/03/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	08/03/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	08/03/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Taylor	08/03/2004	Solihull	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	08/03/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	09/03/2004	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	09/03/2004	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	09/03/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Don Foster	09/03/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Mudie	09/03/2004	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	09/03/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Smith	09/03/2004	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	09/03/2004	Medway	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	10/03/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Campbell	10/03/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	11/03/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
John Greenway	11/03/2004	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
Roger Berry	11/03/2004	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	12/03/2004	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	15/03/2004	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy King	15/03/2004	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	15/03/2004	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	16/03/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Havard	17/03/2004	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Kevin Brennan	17/03/2004	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	17/03/2004	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	17/03/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	18/03/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	22/03/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diana Organ	22/03/2004	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	26/03/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	26/03/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	29/03/2004	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	31/03/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Amess	01/04/2004	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Donald Anderson	19/04/2004	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	19/04/2004	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Paul Keetch	19/04/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry Pollard	21/04/2004	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	21/04/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	22/04/2004	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Swayne	27/04/2004	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Seamus Mallon	04/05/2004	Newry & Armagh	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Tony McWalter	17/05/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	25/05/2004	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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