Spouse Visas (EDM925)

Spouse Visas

EDM number 925 in 2006-07, proposed by David Howarth on 21/02/2007.

That this House condemns the Home Office ruling whereby a foreign national with a genuine and subsisting marriage to a British national who needs to regularise their stay in the United Kingdom either must return to their country of origin to apply for a United Kingdom spouse 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 46 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Howarth	21/02/2007	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Bob Russell	21/02/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	21/02/2007	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	21/02/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Edward Davey	22/02/2007	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Leech	22/02/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	22/02/2007	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/02/2007	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	22/02/2007	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	22/02/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	22/02/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	22/02/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	22/02/2007	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	22/02/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	22/02/2007	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	23/02/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	23/02/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	26/02/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Drew	26/02/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	26/02/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	26/02/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	27/02/2007	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	27/02/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2007	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	27/02/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	28/02/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	28/02/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	28/02/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Diane Abbott	28/02/2007	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	28/02/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	02/03/2007	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	05/03/2007	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	07/03/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	13/03/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Hemming	19/03/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/03/2007	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	27/03/2007	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	28/03/2007	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	18/04/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	27/04/2007	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	17/05/2007	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Harry Cohen	18/05/2007	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	21/05/2007	Banff and Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Norman Baker	22/05/2007	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	22/05/2007	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	24/05/2007	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed

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