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Govan Law Centre

EDM number 45 in 2016-17, proposed by Chris Stephens on 19/05/2016.
Categorised under the topic of Financial services.

That this House congratulates the work of the Govan Law Centre in providing debt advice services to thousands of Glasgow's and Scotland's citizens; notes newly-published figures by Glasgow's Financial Inclusion Partnership that in the financial year 2015-16, the Govan Law Centre manged almost £5.5 million of housing debt for its clients, and that this work has prevented many citizens from being made homeless; further notes the Govan Law Centre's work in its prevention of homelessness project, Rights Hubs and its variety of other services, including a national Education Law Unit, which includes specialist Scotland-wide services for children and young people with additional support needs, partnership working with the Ayrshire Homelessness and Prevention Service, a partnership project with Children 1st and its Public Interest Litigation Unit, and specialist services at the Govanhill Law Centre; and praises the work of the Govan Law Centre and the assistance it provides to the most vulnerable and the poorest in society.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Chris Stephens19/05/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartyProposed
Alistair Carmichael23/05/2016Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSeconded
Natalie McGarry23/05/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySeconded
Paul Monaghan23/05/2016Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySeconded
Alison Thewliss23/05/2016Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySeconded
Martyn Day23/05/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySeconded
John McNally23/05/2016FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Keith Vaz24/05/2016Leicester EastLabourSigned
Martin Docherty24/05/2016West DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil24/05/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Neil Gray25/05/2016Airdrie and ShottsScottish National PartySigned
Marion Fellows25/05/2016Motherwell and WishawScottish National PartySigned
Alan Brown25/05/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Joanna Cherry25/05/2016Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Chris Law26/05/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Stewart McDonald26/05/2016Glasgow SouthScottish National PartySigned
Tasmina Sheikh06/06/2016Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson06/06/2016MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Hannah Bardell06/06/2016LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
Patrick Grady06/06/2016Glasgow NorthScottish National PartySigned
Angela Crawley08/06/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned
Steven Paterson20/06/2016StirlingScottish National PartySigned

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