LEGAL SERVICE COMMISSION'S DECISION TO END FUNDING FOR SPECIALIST SUPPORT IN ENGLAND AND WALES (EDM1542)

LEGAL SERVICE COMMISSION'S DECISION TO END FUNDING FOR SPECIALIST SUPPORT IN ENGLAND AND WALES

EDM number 1542 in 2005-06, proposed by Julie Morgan on 31/01/2006.

That this House condemns the Legal Service Commission's (LSC) recent decision to end all funding of specialist support services in England and Wales from July 2006 despite the outcome of its own review in 2003-04 which recognised the value and importance of specialist support advice, mentoring and training in complex areas of social welfare law for LSC approved agencies working directly with the public; notes that this will mean, in Wales, the end of the Wales Specialist Support Service, which provides expert help and training in housing, welfare benefits and debt, and across England and Wales, the loss of essential advice and training in mental health, community care, employment, HIV/AIDS, immigration and human rights, as well as housing, welfare benefits and debt, provided by acknowledged expert agencies such as the Child Poverty Action Group, Disability Law Service, Citizens Advice, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, Liberty, MIND, Shelter, Terrence Higgins Trust and others; further regrets the implications of this cut in funding for vulnerable clients who are not in a position to employ specialist advisers; and calls on the Government to restore funding for specialist support and to strengthen the provision of legal advice for those in the greatest need.

This motion has been signed by a total of 179 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Julie Morgan	31/01/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Proposed
Elfyn Llwyd	31/01/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Roger Williams	31/01/2006	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Jones	31/01/2006	Clwyd West	Conservative	Seconded
Barbara Keeley	31/01/2006	Worsley	Labour	Seconded
Keith Vaz	31/01/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Seconded
Gordon Prentice	31/01/2006	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	31/01/2006	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	31/01/2006	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	31/01/2006	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	31/01/2006	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	31/01/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	31/01/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	31/01/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	31/01/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	31/01/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	31/01/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	31/01/2006	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Si	31/01/2006	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Jessica Morden	31/01/2006	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	01/02/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
John Smith	01/02/2006	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	01/02/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	01/02/2006	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	01/02/2006	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	01/02/2006	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	01/02/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	01/02/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	01/02/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	01/02/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	01/02/2006	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	01/02/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	01/02/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	01/02/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Diane Abbott	01/02/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	01/02/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	01/02/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/02/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	02/02/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	02/02/2006	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	02/02/2006	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Wayne David	02/02/2006	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
David Drew	02/02/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	06/02/2006	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Martin Salter	06/02/2006	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	06/02/2006	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	06/02/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	06/02/2006	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	06/02/2006	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	06/02/2006	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	06/02/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	06/02/2006	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	06/02/2006	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	06/02/2006	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	06/02/2006	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	06/02/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	06/02/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	06/02/2006	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	06/02/2006	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lancaster	06/02/2006	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	06/02/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Madeleine Moon	06/02/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	06/02/2006	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Alison Seabeck	06/02/2006	Plymouth, Devonport	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	07/02/2006	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	07/02/2006	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/02/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	07/02/2006	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	07/02/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	07/02/2006	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	07/02/2006	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	07/02/2006	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	07/02/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	07/02/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	07/02/2006	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	07/02/2006	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Alan Williams	07/02/2006	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
David Winnick	07/02/2006	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	07/02/2006	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	07/02/2006	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	07/02/2006	City of Durham	Labour	Signed
Helen Goodman	07/02/2006	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	07/02/2006	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	07/02/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	08/02/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	08/02/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	08/02/2006	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Mary Creagh	08/02/2006	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Robert Flello	08/02/2006	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	08/02/2006	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Dan Rogerson	08/02/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Soames	09/02/2006	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Evan Harris	09/02/2006	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	09/02/2006	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Tony Baldry	09/02/2006	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	09/02/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	09/02/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Burrowes	09/02/2006	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
Sadiq Khan	09/02/2006	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Anne Milton	09/02/2006	Guildford	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	09/02/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Ruddock	13/02/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/02/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	13/02/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	13/02/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	13/02/2006	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Conway	13/02/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Francis	13/02/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	13/02/2006	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
John Battle	13/02/2006	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	13/02/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	13/02/2006	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	13/02/2006	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	13/02/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	13/02/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barry Sheerman	14/02/2006	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	14/02/2006	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Paul Murphy	14/02/2006	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	14/02/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John Gummer	14/02/2006	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Gavin Strang	14/02/2006	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	14/02/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tim Farron	14/02/2006	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	14/02/2006	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	15/02/2006	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	15/02/2006	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Lembit	16/02/2006	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	16/02/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	16/02/2006	Truro and St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	27/02/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Burt	27/02/2006	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Ben Chapman	27/02/2006	Wirral South	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	27/02/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	27/02/2006	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	27/02/2006	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	27/02/2006	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Phil Willis	27/02/2006	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Benyon	27/02/2006	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Browne	27/02/2006	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	27/02/2006	Falmouth and Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Cummings	28/02/2006	Easington	Labour	Signed
David Davies	28/02/2006	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
Norman Baker	28/02/2006	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	28/02/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	01/03/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Mates	01/03/2006	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Jon Cruddas	01/03/2006	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	01/03/2006	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Wright	01/03/2006	Rugby and Kenilworth	Conservative	Signed
Charles Hendry	02/03/2006	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
John Grogan	02/03/2006	Selby	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	02/03/2006	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	02/03/2006	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	03/03/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	06/03/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Holloway	08/03/2006	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Peter Soulsby	09/03/2006	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	13/03/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Mudie	15/03/2006	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	15/03/2006	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	15/03/2006	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	15/03/2006	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Emily Thornberry	17/03/2006	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	22/03/2006	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	23/03/2006	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Jamie Reed	29/03/2006	Copeland	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	30/03/2006	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Helen Southworth	18/04/2006	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	18/04/2006	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Whittingdale	18/04/2006	Maldon and East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	18/04/2006	Maidstone and The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	18/04/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Penrose	18/04/2006	Weston-Super-Mare	Conservative	Signed
David Anderson	20/04/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	24/04/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	27/04/2006	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Dawn Butler	23/05/2006	Brent South	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	09/10/2006	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vera Baird	Unknown			Withdrawn

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