Early day motion 558

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INDEPENDENT SOCIAL WORKERS AND THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

That this House views with concern the severe limitations which will be placed on the availability of independent expert witness evidence in complex family proceedings due to the arbitrary reduction in expert witness fees from October 2010; notes this will expose highly vulnerable children to unacceptable levels of additional risk and is not consistent with the Government's wider safeguarding agenda for children; deplores that the Ministry of Justice is proceeding without data on the impact on the outcomes for the children involved, the current annual spend on independent social work expert witnesses or the amount that will be saved; further notes that independent social work experts are excluded from the ongoing Ministry of Justice review of all other expert witness fees; and demands that they be included in the review and that any changes to the current arrangements await the findings of the Munro Child Protection and the Family Justice reviews.

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Name Party Constituency Date Signed
Anderson, David Labour Party Blaydon 22.07.2010
Blenkinsop, Tom Labour Party Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 22.07.2010
Bottomley, Peter Conservative Party Worthing West 21.07.2010
Campbell, Ronnie Labour Party Blyth Valley 21.07.2010
Caton, Martin Labour Party Gower 21.07.2010
Corbyn, Jeremy Labour Party Islington North 21.07.2010
Crausby, David Labour Party Bolton North East 20.07.2010
Dobbin, Jim Labour Party Heywood and Middleton 20.07.2010
Esterson, Bill Labour Party Sefton Central 15.09.2010
Goodman, Helen Labour Party Bishop Auckland 06.09.2010
Gwynne, Andrew Labour Party Denton and Reddish 06.09.2010
Hancock, Mike Liberal Democrats Portsmouth South 21.07.2010
Hemming, John Liberal Democrats Birmingham Yardley 22.07.2010
Hilling, Julie Labour Party Bolton West 14.09.2010
Hopkins, Kelvin Labour Party Luton North 20.07.2010
Howarth, George Labour Party Knowsley 27.07.2010
Jackson, Glenda Labour Party Hampstead and Kilburn 21.07.2010
Meale, Alan Labour Party Mansfield 20.07.2010
Qureshi, Yasmin Labour Party Bolton South East 14.09.2010
Riordan, Linda Labour Party Halifax 27.07.2010
Sheridan, Jim Labour Party Paisley and Renfrewshire North 20.07.2010