PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
STATE-FUNDED LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR VICTIMS OF TERRORISM (7 May 2019)
Motion Details
That this House expresses concern that victims of terrorist atrocities are not automatically eligible for legal aid; regrets that a recently published government review rejected introducing automatic non-means-tested legal aid funding to bereaved families after a state-related death; notes that state organisations involved in deaths from terrorist attacks have access to legal teams and experts at public expense; recognises that in France victims of terrorism, and their families, are automatically eligible for state-funded legal representation; and calls on the Government to automatically fund the legal representation of all victims of terrorist atrocities and their families, inclusive of all coroner hearings and inquests.
Sponsored by:
Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.