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Capacity For Litigation And The Official Solicitor

EDM number 149 in 2008-09, proposed by John Hemming on 08/12/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Administration of justice.

That this House notes the case R. P. v The United Kingdom in the European Court of Human Rights which relates to a case in England in which the Government has publicly been asked to justify its position regarding the imposition of the Official Solicitor on a mother without availability to her of a second opinion, and the subsequent concession of the case without a trial; and calls upon the Government to review the operation of the Official Solicitor.

This motion has been signed by a total of 5 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Hemming08/12/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratProposed
Mike Hancock09/12/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Nick Harvey10/12/2008North DevonLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Howarth12/01/2009CambridgeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Paul Rowen12/01/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSeconded

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