Settlement For Former Gurkha Soldiers (EDM1358)

Settlement For Former Gurkha Soldiers

EDM number 1358 in 2008-09, proposed by John McDonnell on 27/04/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Immigration and Veterans.

That this House expresses its extreme disappointment at the Government's announcement of new guidelines for the settlement for former Gurkha soldiers which limits applications for settlement to former soldiers who have served 20 years or more or who have been awarded the highest military honours; believes that the Government's decision fails to recognise the long history of dedicated service to this country by Gurkha soldiers; and calls upon the Government to think again on this issue and bring forward a new and more positive statement.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John McDonnell	27/04/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Proposed
Bob Russell	27/04/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	27/04/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Graham Stringer	28/04/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	28/04/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	28/04/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Neil Gerrard	28/04/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Lee Scott	28/04/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	28/04/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	28/04/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	28/04/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	28/04/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Annette Brooke	28/04/2009	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Maclean	28/04/2009	Penrith and The Border	Conservative	Signed
Glenda Jackson	28/04/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	28/04/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	28/04/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	28/04/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	29/04/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Mark Hunter	29/04/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	29/04/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Philip Davies	29/04/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Phil Willis	29/04/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	29/04/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Sandra Gidley	29/04/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	29/04/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	29/04/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	29/04/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	29/04/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	29/04/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Lady Hermon	29/04/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Nick Harvey	29/04/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	29/04/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Andrew Dismore	29/04/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/04/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	30/04/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Colin Breed	30/04/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	30/04/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	05/05/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/05/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	05/05/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	05/05/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	05/05/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
James Gray	06/05/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Linda Riordan	11/05/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	14/05/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	18/05/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/06/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	22/06/2009	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nigel Dodds	02/07/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Jo Swinson	08/07/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn

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