Overseas Domestic Workers (EDM452)

Overseas Domestic Workers

EDM number 452 in 1993-94, proposed by Dudley Fishburn on 26/01/1994.

That this House notes with concern the continuing plight of some overseas domestic workers brought into the United Kingdom under a 1980 concession which ties them irrevocably to a single employer, thus creating a system of tied labour in this country; and, noting that the tightening of immigration procedures in 1991 has not resolved the problem, calls upon the Secretary of State for the Home Department to ensure that all domestic workers from overseas are provided with an immigration status which will enable them to change employers within the same category of work whilst in the United Kingdom and that those who have entered the United Kingdom under the existing concession and are still in this country also have their legal status regularised; and notes that this will help to end the maltreatment and abuse of overseas domestic workers by some employers in this country, of which 1,700 cases have been documented to date.

This motion has been signed by a total of 165 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Type
Dudley Fishburn	26/01/1994	Kensington	Proposed
Harry Greenway	26/01/1994	Ealing North	Signed
Keith Vaz	26/01/1994	Leicester East	Signed
Peter Hardy	27/01/1994	Wentworth	Signed
Nick Harvey	27/01/1994	North Devon	Signed
Eric Illsley	27/01/1994	Barnsley Central	Signed
Lynne Jones	27/01/1994	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Signed
Eddie Loyden	27/01/1994	Liverpool, Garston	Signed
Chris Mullin	27/01/1994	Sunderland South	Signed
Alex Carlile	27/01/1994	Montgomery	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	27/01/1994	Leigh	Signed
Jim Dowd	27/01/1994	Lewisham West	Signed
John Evans	27/01/1994	St Helens North	Signed
Harry Barnes	27/01/1994	North East Derbyshire	Signed
John Battle	27/01/1994	Leeds West	Signed
Hugh Bayley	27/01/1994	York, City of	Signed
Ken Livingstone	28/01/1994	Brent East	Signed
Bridget Prentice	31/01/1994	Lewisham East	Signed
Barbara Roche	31/01/1994	Hornsey & Wood Green	Signed
Clare Short	31/01/1994	Birmingham, Ladywood	Signed
John Heppell	31/01/1994	Nottingham East	Signed
Glenda Jackson	31/01/1994	Hampstead & Highgate	Signed
David Knox	31/01/1994	Staffordshire Moorlands	Signed
Alice Mahon	31/01/1994	Halifax	Signed
Alf Morris	31/01/1994	Manchester Wythenshawe	Signed
Gordon Oakes	31/01/1994	Halton	Signed
Harry Cohen	31/01/1994	Leyton	Signed
Michael Connarty	31/01/1994	Falkirk East	Signed
Tom Cox	31/01/1994	Tooting	Signed
Terry Davis	31/01/1994	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Signed
Roger Godsiff	31/01/1994	Birmingham Small Heath	Signed
Nick Ainger	31/01/1994	Pembroke	Signed
Alan Williams	31/01/1994	Swansea West	Signed
David Rendel	01/02/1994	Newbury	Signed
Peter Shore	01/02/1994	Bethnal Green and Stepney	Signed
Alan Simpson	01/02/1994	Nottingham South	Signed
Clive Soley	01/02/1994	Hammersmith	Signed
Keith Hill	01/02/1994	Streatham	Signed
Simon Hughes	01/02/1994	Southwark and Bermondsey	Signed
Martyn Jones	01/02/1994	Clwyd South West	Signed
Robert Litherland	01/02/1994	Manchester Central	Signed
John McFall	01/02/1994	Dumbarton	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	01/02/1994	Blyth Valley	Signed
Michael Clark	01/02/1994	Rochford	Signed
John Cummings	01/02/1994	Easington	Signed
Ian Davidson	01/02/1994	Glasgow, Govan	Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	01/02/1994	Glasgow, Pollok	Signed
Peggy Fenner	01/02/1994	Medway	Signed
Frank Field	01/02/1994	Birkenhead	Signed
Maria Fyfe	01/02/1994	Glasgow, Maryhill	Signed
Win Griffiths	01/02/1994	Bridgend	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	01/02/1994	Durham, City of	Signed
Jack Thompson	01/02/1994	Wansbeck	Signed
Paddy Tipping	01/02/1994	Sherwood	Signed
Joan Ruddock	02/02/1994	Lewisham, Deptford	Signed
Jane Kennedy	02/02/1994	Liverpool Broadgreen	Signed
Piara S Khabra	02/02/1994	Ealing, Southall	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	02/02/1994	Liverpool, Walton	Signed
Neil Kinnock	02/02/1994	Islwyn	Signed
Calum MacDonald	02/02/1994	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Signed
Austin Mitchell	02/02/1994	Great Grimsby	Signed
Paul Murphy	02/02/1994	Torfaen	Signed
Keith Bradley	02/02/1994	Manchester, Withington	Signed
Richard Burden	02/02/1994	Birmingham, Northfield	Signed
Michael Clapham	02/02/1994	Barnsley West & Penistone	Signed
Patrick Cormack	02/02/1994	South Staffordshire	Signed
Bryan Davies	02/02/1994	Oldham Central and Royton	Signed
Andrew Faulds	02/02/1994	Warley East	Signed
Joe Benton	02/02/1994	Bootle	Signed
Robert Parry	03/02/1994	Liverpool, Riverside	Signed
Joyce Quin	03/02/1994	Gateshead East	Signed
Barry Sheerman	03/02/1994	Huddersfield	Signed
Doug Hoyle	03/02/1994	Warrington North	Signed
John Hume	03/02/1994	Foyle	Signed
John Hutton	03/02/1994	Barrow & Furness	Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	03/02/1994	Ynys M	Signed
Nigel Jones	03/02/1994	Cheltenham	Signed
Tessa Jowell	03/02/1994	Dulwich	Signed
James Kilfedder	03/02/1994	North Down	Signed
Bill Michie	03/02/1994	Sheffield, Heeley	Signed
Bill O'Brien	03/02/1994	Normanton	Signed
Martin O'Neill	03/02/1994	Clackmannan	Signed
Jeremy Bray	03/02/1994	Motherwell South	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	03/02/1994	Workington	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	03/02/1994	Crewe & Nantwich	Signed
Angela Eagle	03/02/1994	Wallasey	Signed
Kenneth Eastham	03/02/1994	Manchester, Blackley	Signed
Derek Enright	03/02/1994	Hemsworth	Signed
Bill Etherington	03/02/1994	Sunderland North	Signed
Margaret Ewing	03/02/1994	Moray	Signed
Bruce George	03/02/1994	Walsall South	Signed
Tommy Graham	03/02/1994	Renfrew West and Inverclyde	Signed
John Gunnell	03/02/1994	Leeds South and Morley	Signed
Mike Hall	03/02/1994	Warrington South	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	03/02/1994	St Helens South	Signed
Peter Bottomley	03/02/1994	Eltham	Signed
Malcolm Wicks	03/02/1994	Croydon North West	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	03/02/1994	Caernarfon	Signed
Tim Rathbone	04/02/1994	Lewes	Signed
William McCrea	07/02/1994	Mid Ulster	Signed
David Hanson	07/02/1994	Delyn	Signed
Doug Henderson	07/02/1994	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Signed
George Howarth	07/02/1994	Knowsley North	Signed
Russell Johnston	07/02/1994	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber	Signed
Charles Kennedy	07/02/1994	Ross and Cromarty and Skye	Signed
Anne Campbell	07/02/1994	Cambridge	Signed
Jean Corston	07/02/1994	Bristol East	Signed
George Galloway	07/02/1994	Glasgow Hillhead	Signed
Norman Godman	07/02/1994	Greenock and Port Glasgow	Signed
Janet Anderson	07/02/1994	Rossendale & Darwen	Signed
Kate Hoey	08/02/1994	Vauxhall	Signed
Andrew Miller	08/02/1994	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Signed
Richard Caborn	08/02/1994	Sheffield Central	Signed
John Gilbert	08/02/1994	Dudley East	Signed
Llin Golding	08/02/1994	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Signed
Richard Alexander	08/02/1994	Newark	Signed
Jack Aspinwall	08/02/1994	Wansdyke	Signed
Mike O'Brien	09/02/1994	North Warwickshire	Signed
Joseph Hendron	09/02/1994	Belfast West	Signed
Kim Howells	09/02/1994	Pontypridd	Signed
Edward O'Hara	09/02/1994	Knowsley South	Signed
Bill Olner	09/02/1994	Nuneaton	Signed
Joan Walley	09/02/1994	Stoke-on-Trent North	Signed
Allan Rogers	10/02/1994	Rhondda	Signed
Martin Smyth	10/02/1994	Belfast South	Signed
Helen Jackson	10/02/1994	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Signed
Seamus Mallon	10/02/1994	Newry & Armagh	Signed
John Denham	10/02/1994	Southampton, Itchen	Signed
John Garrett	10/02/1994	Norwich South	Signed
Paul Boateng	10/02/1994	Brent South	Signed
Alex Salmond	11/02/1994	Banff & Buchan	Signed
James Hill	11/02/1994	Southampton, Test	Signed
Ralph Howell	11/02/1994	North Norfolk	Signed
Jim Cunningham	11/02/1994	Coventry South East	Signed
Roger Berry	11/02/1994	Kingswood	Signed
Mark Wolfson	11/02/1994	Sevenoaks	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	14/02/1994	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	14/02/1994	Carmarthen	Signed
Giles Radice	15/02/1994	North Durham	Signed
Mike Gapes	15/02/1994	Ilford South	Signed
Tony Wright	15/02/1994	Cannock and Burntwood	Signed
Harriet Harman	16/02/1994	Peckham	Signed
Joe Ashton	16/02/1994	Bassetlaw	Signed
Tony Benn	16/02/1994	Chesterfield	Signed
Jim Cousins	17/02/1994	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Signed
David Alton	21/02/1994	Liverpool Mossley Hill	Signed
Mildred Gordon	22/02/1994	Bow and Poplar	Signed
Matthew Taylor	08/03/1994	Truro	Signed
George Stevenson	09/03/1994	Stoke-on-Trent South	Signed
Tony Banks	14/03/1994	Newham North West	Signed
Rachel Squire	15/03/1994	Dunfermline West	Signed
John McWilliam	15/03/1994	Blaydon	Signed
Teddy Taylor	17/03/1994	Southend East	Signed
Peter Pike	18/03/1994	Burnley	Signed
Barry Jones	23/03/1994	Alyn & Deeside	Signed
Adam Ingram	12/04/1994	East Kilbride	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	04/05/1994	Coventry North West	Signed
Clive Betts	12/05/1994	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Signed
Ann Clwyd	13/05/1994	Cynon Valley	Signed
Terry Lewis	18/05/1994	Worsley	Signed
Rhodri Morgan	14/06/1994	Cardiff West	Signed
Alistair Darling	16/06/1994	Edinburgh Central	Signed
Kevin Barron	16/06/1994	Rother Valley	Signed
Audrey Wise	05/07/1994	Preston	Signed
Ron Leighton	Unknown		Withdrawn

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