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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.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Austin Mitchell03/02/2009Great GrimsbyLabourProposed
Bob Russell03/02/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle03/02/2009ChorleyLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley03/02/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
John Leech04/02/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jim Dobbin04/02/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Andrew Dismore04/02/2009HendonLabourSigned
Phil Willis04/02/2009Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis04/02/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Taylor04/02/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Paul Flynn04/02/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
David Drew04/02/2009StroudLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn04/02/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton04/02/2009GowerLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell04/02/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Colin Burgon04/02/2009ElmetLabourSigned
Alan Meale04/02/2009MansfieldLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson04/02/2009Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins04/02/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
David Heyes04/02/2009Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd05/02/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Annette Brooke05/02/2009Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies05/02/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Keith Vaz09/02/2009Leicester EastLabourSigned
Paul Rowen09/02/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams09/02/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock09/02/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard09/02/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Ann Cryer09/02/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington09/02/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Marsha Singh09/02/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
David Laws09/02/2009YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby09/02/2009Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Paddy Tipping10/02/2009SherwoodLabourSigned
Denis Murphy11/02/2009WansbeckLabourSigned
Janet Dean11/02/2009BurtonLabourSigned
David Hamilton11/02/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
Robert Wareing11/02/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Katy Clark11/02/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Tom Levitt12/02/2009High PeakLabourSigned
Nick Harvey23/02/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley23/02/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady23/02/2009South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Richard Younger-Ross23/02/2009TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins24/02/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell24/02/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson25/02/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John McDonnell27/02/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
David Lepper02/03/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
John Austin03/03/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Sarah Teather06/03/2009Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Dobson02/04/2009Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Phyllis Starkey23/04/2009Milton Keynes South WestLabourSigned
Mark Williams29/04/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Dan Rogerson30/04/2009North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Taylor11/05/2009Truro and St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Linton12/05/2009BatterseaLabourSigned
Vincent Cable08/06/2009TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Main29/06/2009St AlbansConservativeSigned
Simon Hughes07/07/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned

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