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

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
40
49%
 
 
Conservative
9
11%
 
 
Independent
8
10%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
8
10%
 
 
Scottish National Party
7
9%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
3
4%
 
 
The Independent Group for Change
2
2%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
2
2%
 
 
Crossbench
1
1%
 
 
Green Party
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (81 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Debbie Abrahams
Oldham East and Saddleworth
Con
Peter Aldous
Lab
Rushanara Ali
Bethnal Green and Stepney
Lab
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Lab
Tonia Antoniazzi
Gower
SNP
Hannah Bardell
Lab
Lord Beamish
Con
Bob Blackman
Harrow East
Lab
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
Con
Fiona Bruce
Con
Dr Lisa Cameron
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
IGC
Ann Coffey
Lab
Rosie Cooper
Lab
Neil Coyle
Bermondsey and Old Southwark
SNP
Angela Crawley
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Lab
Janet Daby
Lewisham East
SNP
Martyn Day
Lab
Emma Dent Coad
Lab
Dr David Drew
Ind
Rosie Duffield
Canterbury
Ind
Jonathan Edwards
Ind
Dame Louise Ellman
Lab
Chris Evans
Caerphilly
LD
Tim Farron
Westmorland and Lonsdale
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Lab
Mr James Frith
Bury North
Lab
Hugh Gaffney
IGC
Mike Gapes
Lab
Ruth George
Lab
Mary Glindon
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Lab
Kate Green
Lab
John Grogan
Con
Robert Halfon
Lab
Baroness Harman
Lab
Helen Hayes
Dulwich and West Norwood
Con
Gordon Henderson
Ind
Lady Hermon
Lab
Mike Hill
LD
Wera Hobhouse
Bath
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Lab
Sir George Howarth
Lab
Graham P Jones
Lab
Ruth Jones
Newport West and Islwyn
Lab
Stephen Kinnock
Aberafan Maesteg
PC
Ben Lake
Ceredigion Preseli
Ind
Mr Ivan Lewis
DUP
Emma Little Pengelly
LD
Stephen Lloyd (Sponsor)
Green
Caroline Lucas
Lab
Holly Lynch
Lab
Lord Mann
Ind
Conor McGinn
Lab
Catherine McKinnell
Newcastle upon Tyne North
SNP
Carol Monaghan
LD
Layla Moran
Oxford West and Abingdon
Lab
Lisa Nandy
Wigan
Con
Sir Mike Penning
Lab
Lucy Powell
Manchester Central
Lab
Ms Marie Rimmer
St Helens South and Whiston
DUP
Gavin Robinson
Belfast East
Lab
Mr Geoffrey Robinson
Lab
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
SNP
Tommy Sheppard
Lab
Andy Slaughter
Hammersmith and Chiswick
SNP
Chris Stephens
Con
Graham Stuart
Beverley and Holderness
LD
Jo Swinson
Lab
Mark Tami
Alyn and Deeside
Lab
Anna Turley
Redcar
LD
Chuka Umunna
Lab
Catherine West
Hornsey and Friern Barnet
Lab
Matt Western
Warwick and Leamington
SNP
Dr Philippa Whitford
Ind
Mr William Wragg

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