Gurkha Servicemen And Residency Rights (EDM1216)

Gurkha Servicemen And Residency Rights

EDM number 1216 in 2008-09, proposed by Bob Spink on 30/03/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Armed forces and Immigration.

That this House welcomes the Government's decision to reconsider the rules governing the right of Gurkhas to settle in Britain; regretfully notes the anguish caused to thousands who have served in the British Army as Gurkhas by denial of residency rights; and praises the commitment of Gurkhas to protecting the interests of Great Britain.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Spink	30/03/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Proposed
Lindsay Hoyle	30/03/2009	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
John Leech	31/03/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Nicholas Winterton	31/03/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Seconded
Alan Meale	31/03/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
David Taylor	31/03/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Seconded
Ann Winterton	31/03/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	31/03/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	31/03/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	31/03/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	31/03/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	01/04/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	01/04/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	01/04/2009	Brigg and Goole	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	01/04/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	01/04/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	02/04/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
David Drew	02/04/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	02/04/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	20/04/2009	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	20/04/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	20/04/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	22/04/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/04/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	22/04/2009	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	23/04/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/04/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	23/04/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	24/04/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	27/04/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	28/04/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/04/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	07/05/2009	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	20/05/2009	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	08/06/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	13/07/2009	Maidstone and The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/10/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	26/10/2009	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed

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