Solicitors And The Family Court Processes (EDM2021)

Solicitors And The Family Court Processes

EDM number 2021 in 2006-07, proposed by John Hemming on 25/07/2007.

That this House notes the comments of a senior social worker that meetings have been held during which solicitors acting for parents have discussed how to undermine the cases of their clients; further notes that there are many odd cases in which solicitors fail to oppose care proceedings or accept that the section 31 threshold has been met notwithstanding the opposition of their clients; recognises that reporting and obtaining the investigation of such behaviour outwith parliamentary proceedings remains a contempt of court for hon. Members; and asks the Solicitors Regulatory Authority to review the implementation of the new solicitors' code of conduct and how this relates to conflicts of interest in the Family Court.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Hemming	25/07/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Bob Russell	25/07/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	25/07/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Nicholas Winterton	26/07/2007	Macclesfield	Conservative	Seconded
Mike Hancock	26/07/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Ann Cryer	26/07/2007	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Sandra Gidley	26/07/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	26/07/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	08/10/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	08/10/2007	Hastings and Rye	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	08/10/2007	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	09/10/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	09/10/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	10/10/2007	Chorley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	10/10/2007	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	10/10/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	11/10/2007	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	11/10/2007	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	11/10/2007	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Swayne	16/10/2007	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	22/10/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	24/10/2007	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	29/10/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed

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