Judicial Review and Courts Bill — Report — Amendment 25 — 31 Mar 2022 at 16:30
Moved by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
25: After Clause 44, insert the following new Clause-“Publicly funded legal representation for bereaved people at inquests (1) Section 10 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 is amended as follows.(2) In subsection (1), after “(4)” insert “or (7).”(3) After subsection (6), insert-“(7) This subsection is satisfied where-(a) the services consist of advocacy at an inquest where the individual is an interested person pursuant to section 47(2)(a), (b) or (m) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 because of their relationship to the deceased, and(b) one or more public authorities are interested persons in relation to the inquest pursuant to section 47(2) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 or are likely to be designated as such.(8) For the purposes of this section “public authority” has the meaning given by section 6(3) of the Human Rights Act 1998.””Member’s explanatory statementThis new Clause would ensure that bereaved people (such as family members) are entitled to publicly funded legal representation in inquests where public bodies (such as the police or a hospital trust) are legally represented.
Ayes 136, Noes 112.
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.Party | Majority (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
Bishop | 1 | 0 | 4.2% |
Con | 1 | 110 | 41.6% |
Crossbench | 18 | 0 | 10.1% |
DUP | 1 | 0 | 20.0% |
Green | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
Judge | 1 | 0 | 9.1% |
Lab | 62 | 0 | 35.2% |
LDem | 47 | 0 | 56.0% |
Non-affiliated | 4 | 2 | 10.5% |
Total: | 136 | 112 | 30.8% |
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