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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
LEGAL AID FOR INQUESTS (2 November 2017)

Motion Details

That this House welcomes the publication of the final report of the Bach Commission on Access to Justice; notes Lord Bach's recommendation that, where the state is funding one or more of the other parties at an inquest, it should also provide legal aid for representation of the family of the deceased; further welcomes the publication of The Right Reverend James Jones' Hillsborough Review; further notes his recommendation for proper participation of bereaved families and proportionate legal funding at inquests; welcomes the Ministry of Justice's recently published Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012: Post-Legislative Memorandum; and calls on the Government to provide legal aid at all inquests whenever the state is funding one or more of the other parties.

Sponsored by:
Ellie Reeves (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
48
87%
 
 
Independent
3
5%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
2
4%
 
 
Green Party
1
2%
 
 
The Independent Group for Change
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (55 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Lab
Sir Kevin Barron
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Dan Carden
Liverpool Walton
Lab
Bambos Charalambous
Southgate and Wood Green
Lab
Ann Clwyd
Lab
Lord Coaker
Lab
Rosie Cooper
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Alex Cunningham
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Lab
Maria Eagle
Liverpool Garston
Ind
Dame Louise Ellman
Lab
Mr James Frith
Bury North
Lab
Hugh Gaffney
Lab
Ruth George
Lab
Preet Kaur Gill
Birmingham Edgbaston
Lab
Kate Green
Lab
Baroness Harman
Lab
Helen Hayes
Dulwich and West Norwood
Lab
Mike Hill
Lab
Sir George Howarth
LD
Christine Jardine
Edinburgh West
Lab
Stephen Kinnock
Aberafan Maesteg
Lab
Mr David Lammy
Tottenham
Lab
Clive Lewis
Norwich South
LD
Stephen Lloyd
Green
Caroline Lucas
Lab
Sandy Martin
Ind
Christian Matheson
Ind
Conor McGinn
Lab
Alison McGovern
Birkenhead
Lab
Anna McMorrin
Cardiff North
Lab
Ian Mearns
Lab
Grahame Morris
Easington
Lab
Lisa Nandy
Wigan
Lab
Stephanie Peacock
Barnsley South
Lab
Ellie Reeves (Sponsor)
Lewisham West and East Dulwich
Lab
Ms Marie Rimmer
St Helens South and Whiston
IGC
Joan Ryan
Lab
Mr Virendra Sharma
Lab
Mr Barry Sheerman
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Andy Slaughter
Hammersmith and Chiswick
Lab
Eleanor Smith
Lab
Laura Smith
Lab
Gareth Snell
Stoke-on-Trent Central
Lab
Alex Sobel
Leeds Central and Headingley
Lab
Jo Stevens
Cardiff East
Lab
Liz Twist
Blaydon and Consett
Lab
Thelma Walker
Lab
Matt Western
Warwick and Leamington
Lab
Martin Whitfield
Lab
Daniel Zeichner
Cambridge

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