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STATE-FUNDED LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR VICTIMS OF TERRORISM

Early day motion 2368, tabled 8 May 2019 by Stephen Lloyd (Independent). Signed by 81 members.

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.

Signatures by party: Labour 37, Conservative 9, Scottish National Party 8, Independent 7, Liberal Democrat 7, Labour/Co-operative 6, DUP 3, Plaid Cymru 3, Green 1.