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Refugee Status And Leave To Remain In The UK

EDM number 569 in 2005-06, proposed by Neil Gerrard on 12/07/2005.

That this House is concerned at the proposal in the Government's five year strategy for asylum and immigration to end the practice of granting indefinite leave to remain in the UK to people who are given refugee status and to replace this by up to five years' temporary leave to remain; believes that while this may not be legally incompatible with the provisions of the 1951 Geneva Convention, it is a retrograde step since it reverses the policy of granting indefinite leave introduced by the Government in 1998 without any evidence either that problems have arisen as a result of the current policy or that other countries which grant only temporary leave benefit as a result; is further concerned that the uncertain position this will put refugees in is totally inconsistent with other Government policies to assist the integration of refugees in the UK; further believes that this will inevitably lead to inhumane decisions when refugee families with children are threatened with removal after living in the UK for several years and establishing family life, leading in turn to further pressure on the immigration appeals system, and the caseload of honourable Members; and urges the Government to abandon this unnecessary change.

This motion has been signed by a total of 87 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Neil Gerrard12/07/2005WalthamstowLabourProposed
Louise Ellman12/07/2005Liverpool, RiversideLabourSeconded
Andrew George12/07/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley13/07/2005Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Martin Caton13/07/2005GowerLabourSeconded
Elfyn Llwyd13/07/2005Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSeconded
Harry Cohen13/07/2005Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Mark Durkan14/07/2005FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
David Drew14/07/2005StroudLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson14/07/2005Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Julie Morgan14/07/2005Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
David Heyes18/07/2005Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Lynne Jones18/07/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore18/07/2005HendonLabourSigned
George Galloway18/07/2005Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Alan Simpson19/07/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Hywel Williams19/07/2005CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Michael Weir19/07/2005AngusScottish National PartySigned
Andrew Stunell19/07/2005Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Clive Betts19/07/2005Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Diane Abbott19/07/2005Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Janet Dean19/07/2005BurtonLabourSigned
Vincent Cable19/07/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Burden19/07/2005Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Colin Breed19/07/2005South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews19/07/2005MedwayLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty20/07/2005Calder ValleyLabourSigned
John Leech20/07/2005Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Francis20/07/2005AberavonLabourSigned
Clive Efford20/07/2005ElthamLabourSigned
Michael Clapham20/07/2005Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Annette Brooke20/07/2005Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell20/07/2005Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Jon Cruddas20/07/2005DagenhamLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland21/07/2005Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams21/07/2005Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Helen Goodman21/07/2005Bishop AucklandLabourSigned
Sarah Teather21/07/2005Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Gidley21/07/2005RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Love21/07/2005EdmontonLabourSigned
Nick Harvey21/07/2005North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Smith21/07/2005Vale of GlamorganLabourSigned
Joan Ruddock21/07/2005Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Adam Price10/10/2005Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Mark Hunter10/10/2005CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen10/10/2005RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim McGovern10/10/2005Dundee WestLabourSigned
Jo Swinson10/10/2005East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer10/10/2005Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Wood10/10/2005Batley and SpenLabourSigned
John Thurso10/10/2005Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Berry10/10/2005KingswoodLabourSigned
John Bercow10/10/2005BuckinghamConservativeSigned
Marsha Singh10/10/2005Bradford WestLabourSigned
John Austin10/10/2005Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Simon Hughes10/10/2005North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Lazarowicz10/10/2005Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Mark Oaten10/10/2005WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Menzies Campbell10/10/2005North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Cook10/10/2005Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn10/10/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington10/10/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton10/10/2005Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Gavin Strang11/10/2005Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Katy Clark11/10/2005North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Lembit 12/10/2005MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Alistair Carmichael12/10/2005Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Clare Short13/10/2005Birmingham, LadywoodLabourSigned
Michael Moore13/10/2005Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Williams14/10/2005Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Clegg17/10/2005Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Meg Hillier18/10/2005Hackney South and ShoreditchLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins19/10/2005Luton NorthLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell19/10/2005Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Ian Gibson19/10/2005Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Robert Wareing19/10/2005Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Linda Riordan19/10/2005HalifaxLabourSigned
Mark Lancaster20/10/2005North East Milton KeynesConservativeSigned
Martin Horwood21/10/2005CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker24/10/2005LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
John Barrett24/10/2005Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Doran27/10/2005Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Jim Cousins01/11/2005Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Desmond Turner01/11/2005Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Danny Alexander21/11/2005Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
Evan Harris01/12/2005Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Naysmith26/04/2006Bristol North WestLabourSigned

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