SPOUSE'S VISAS (EDM1285)

SPOUSE'S VISAS

EDM number 1285 in 2005-06, proposed by David Howarth on 15/12/2005.

That this House condemns the Home Office ruling whereby a foreign national with a genuine and subsisting marriage to a British national and who needs to regularise their stay in the United Kingdom either must return to their country of origin to apply for a UK spouse's visa, accompanied by their British spouse and British young children, which often has a hostile environment and presents an unacceptable risk, or the foreign spouse must travel alone and face an indefinite separation resulting in a stressful disruption to family life and support for the family; and calls for the Home Office to exercise the granting of discretionary leave to remain in the United Kingdom even when the requirements of the Rules are not met but where there are genuine Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) reasons which make removal inappropriate.

This motion has been signed by a total of 58 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Howarth	15/12/2005	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Bob Russell	15/12/2005	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Spink	19/12/2005	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	19/12/2005	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
John Leech	19/12/2005	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	19/12/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Lynne Jones	19/12/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	20/12/2005	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	20/12/2005	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	20/12/2005	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	20/12/2005	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	20/12/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	20/12/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	20/12/2005	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	20/12/2005	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	09/01/2006	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	09/01/2006	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Jo Swinson	09/01/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	09/01/2006	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	09/01/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	09/01/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	09/01/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
David Heyes	09/01/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	10/01/2006	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	11/01/2006	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	11/01/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	12/01/2006	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
John Hemming	12/01/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	16/01/2006	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	17/01/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	19/01/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Fisher	19/01/2006	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	19/01/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	19/01/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	19/01/2006	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/01/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	23/01/2006	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Lloyd	24/01/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	26/01/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	26/01/2006	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	30/01/2006	Perth and North Perthshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Clare Short	01/02/2006	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	01/02/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Sarah Teather	07/02/2006	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	09/02/2006	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	13/02/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	14/02/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	15/02/2006	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	16/02/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Hywel Williams	16/02/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Martin Horwood	16/02/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	27/02/2006	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	27/02/2006	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	28/02/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	28/02/2006	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	13/03/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Barrett	15/05/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed

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