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EDM number 2689 in 2005-06, proposed by Gerald Kaufman on 10/10/2006.

That this House expresses its extreme concern at the handling of immigration cases by the Manchester firm of solicitors, Thornhills; notes that Thornhills often take up, for money, immigration application cases that do not require the involvement of solicitors; further notes that repeatedly they handle these cases so incompetently that applicants feel obliged to consult their hon. Member in order to obtain the outcome that Thornhills have failed to achieve; is deeply concerned that in one recent case whose applicants felt obliged to consult their hon. Member Thornhills refused to hand over important documents in their possession until an exorbitant bill had been paid; and warns people in Manchester to have nothing whatever to do with this firm.

This motion has been signed by a total of 14 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Gerald Kaufman10/10/2006Manchester, GortonLabourProposed
Jeremy Corbyn11/10/2006Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones11/10/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Ann Cryer11/10/2006KeighleyLabourSeconded
John Cummings11/10/2006EasingtonLabourSeconded
John McDonnell12/10/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Alan Simpson12/10/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Graham Stringer12/10/2006Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Robert Wareing16/10/2006Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Betty Williams16/10/2006ConwyLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle17/10/2006ChorleyLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan18/10/2006Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Khalid Mahmood18/10/2006Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
David Heyes24/10/2006Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned

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