Access To Local Legal Advice (EDM675)

Access To Local Legal Advice

EDM number 675 in 2008-09, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 03/02/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Legal aid.

That this House welcomes the Local Legal Advice Review undertaken for the Ministry of Justice; notes that the economic recession has triggered a significant rise in the demand for legal aid and legal advice at the very time when the future of local advice agencies has been put in doubt by the Legal Service Commission's decision to proceed with plans to commission community legal advice centres and networks through a competitive tender process; further notes the very real concerns voiced by Citizens Advice and others that the procurement model adopted by the Legal Service Commission will result in services which do not best meet the needs of clients and communities and do not protect those multiple points of access that are so vital in making certain that help and advice is available where it is most needed; and calls on the Ministry of Justice to ensure that the existing community legal advice centres are evaluated for their effectiveness in meeting advice needs in communities, particularly the needs of vulnerable groups, those in debt, and those living in less accessible parts of the community, before any further tenders are rolled out.

This motion has been signed by a total of 60 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	03/02/2009	Great Grimsby	Labour	Proposed
Bob Russell	03/02/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	03/02/2009	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	03/02/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
John Leech	04/02/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	04/02/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	04/02/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	04/02/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	04/02/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	04/02/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	04/02/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
David Drew	04/02/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	04/02/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	04/02/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	04/02/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	04/02/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	04/02/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	04/02/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	04/02/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	04/02/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	05/02/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Annette Brooke	05/02/2009	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	05/02/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Keith Vaz	09/02/2009	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	09/02/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	09/02/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/02/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	09/02/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/02/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/02/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	09/02/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
David Laws	09/02/2009	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	09/02/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Paddy Tipping	10/02/2009	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	11/02/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	11/02/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	11/02/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	11/02/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Katy Clark	11/02/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	12/02/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	23/02/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/02/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	23/02/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/02/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	24/02/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	25/02/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	02/03/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
John Austin	03/03/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	06/03/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Dobson	02/04/2009	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	23/04/2009	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	29/04/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Rogerson	30/04/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	11/05/2009	Truro and St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Linton	12/05/2009	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	08/06/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	29/06/2009	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Simon Hughes	07/07/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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