British Citizens And Saudi Visas For Hajj (EDM481)

British Citizens And Saudi Visas For Hajj

EDM number 481 in 2003-04, proposed by Tony Colman on 26/01/2004.

That this House notes that applications by British citizens for visas to visit Saudi Arabia for the purpose of performing Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam, must be accompanied by return airline tickets; further notes that there is no certainty that a visa will be granted and that the substantial cost of a return fare to Saudi Arabia will be forfeited in the event of a refusal; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to represent to the Saudi authorities on behalf of British Muslims that they should either abolish the requirement to buy a ticket in advance or refund the cost to the ticket to unsuccessful applicants.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tony Colman	26/01/2004	Putney	Labour	Proposed
Lynne Jones	27/01/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	27/01/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	27/01/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	27/01/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	27/01/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	28/01/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roy Beggs	28/01/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Rudi Vis	28/01/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	28/01/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	29/01/2004	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	29/01/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	30/01/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	02/02/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	03/02/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	03/02/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	04/02/2004	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	04/02/2004	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	04/02/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Mudie	04/02/2004	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	04/02/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	04/02/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/02/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	05/02/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John McDonnell	05/02/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	05/02/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	05/02/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	05/02/2004	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Betty Williams	09/02/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	12/02/2004	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angus Robertson	23/02/2004	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Crausby	24/02/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	26/02/2004	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	04/03/2004	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	26/03/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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