PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
CIVIL LEGAL AID (28 June 2005)
Motion Details
That this House welcomes the establishment of the Access to Justice Alliance to promote the need for properly resourced civil legal aid services, as well as the Lord Chancellor's recent acknowledgement that there has been a 22 per cent. reduction since 1997 in the amount spent on civil legal aid; and calls on the Government to take urgent action to restore funding levels adequate to ensure access to civil justice for ordinary people.
Sponsored by:
Mr Marsha Singh (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
41
53%
Liberal Democrat
14
18%
Independent
9
12%
Conservative
8
10%
Speaker
2
3%
The Independent Group for Change
1
1%
Workers Party of Britain
1
1%
Plaid Cymru
1
1%
Sponsor List (77 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lab
Lord Beamish
Spk
John Bercow
Lab
Roger Berry
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
Lab
Ms Lyn Brown
LD
Mr Jeremy Browne
Con
Mr David Burrowes
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Harry Cohen
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Jim Cousins
Lab
Mary Creagh
Coventry East
Lab
Jon Cruddas
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Frank Dobson
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
LD
Baroness Featherstone
Lab
Paul Flynn
WPB
George Galloway
IGC
Mike Gapes
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
LD
Julia Goldsworthy
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
John Hemming
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Con
Lord Horam
LD
David Howarth
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
LD
Simon Hughes
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Con
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Lab
Glenda Jackson
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mr Fraser Kemp
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
Lab
Sadiq Khan
LD
Mr John Leech
Lab
David Lepper
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Lab
Kerry McCarthy
Bristol East
Lab
Sarah McCarthy-Fry
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Ind
Anne Milton
Lab
Mr George Mudie
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
LD
Mr Mark Oaten
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
Lab
Albert Owen
Lab
Mrs Linda Riordan
Ind
Mrs Iris Robinson
LD
Dan Rogerson
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Martin Salter
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh (Sponsor)
Ind
Bob Spink
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Lab
David Taylor
Con
Mr Ian Taylor
Lab
Paddy Tipping
Lab
Kitty Ussher
Con
Sir Peter Viggers
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Con
Mr Ben Wallace
Con
Mr Robert Walter
LD
Mr Mark Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Roger Williams
Lab
Derek Wyatt
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