Centralisation Of British Visa Services In India And Bangladesh (EDM626)

Centralisation Of British Visa Services In India And Bangladesh

EDM number 626 in 2014-15, proposed by Keith Vaz on 15/12/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Immigration.

That this House is deeply concerned that visa decision-making in South Asia is being centralised at the risk of creating poorer service and less effective oversight; notes crucial regional visa hubs such as Mumbai and Dhaka are being downsized, with Mumbai's visa staff reduced from 70 to 20 despite receiving a similar volume of applications to New Delhi; further notes 323,575 visa applications were made in India alone in 2013; recognises the importance of these areas to the 1.4 million people of Indian origin and 300,000 people of Bangladeshi origin in the UK; considers it vital to maintain good relations with India and Bangladesh; and endorses the campaigns launched by Asian Voice and Curry Life Magazine and the two e-petitions to the UK Government which call on the Government to review these regrettable decisions.

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

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Keith Vaz	15/12/2014	Leicester East	Labour	Proposed
Nigel Evans	15/12/2014	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
Mike Hancock	15/12/2014	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	15/12/2014	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
John McDonnell	15/12/2014	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Jim Shannon	16/12/2014	Strangford	DUP	Seconded
Virendra Sharma	16/12/2014	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	16/12/2014	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	16/12/2014	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	17/12/2014	Gower	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	17/12/2014	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Osborne	17/12/2014	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	17/12/2014	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	17/12/2014	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	17/12/2014	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nigel Dodds	17/12/2014	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
David Crausby	17/12/2014	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	18/12/2014	Poplar and Limehouse	Labour	Signed
Tony Cunningham	05/01/2015	Workington	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	05/01/2015	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Liz McInnes	05/01/2015	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	05/01/2015	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Pat Glass	05/01/2015	North West Durham	Labour	Signed
Rushanara Ali	05/01/2015	Bethnal Green and Bow	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	06/01/2015	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Teresa Pearce	06/01/2015	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Emma Lewell-Buck	06/01/2015	South Shields	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	06/01/2015	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
John Robertson	07/01/2015	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	07/01/2015	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
John Leech	08/01/2015	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mary Glindon	08/01/2015	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	09/01/2015	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Valerie Vaz	12/01/2015	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Chris Williamson	12/01/2015	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	22/01/2015	Oldham West and Royton	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	10/02/2015	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	11/02/2015	Bradford West	Respect	Signed

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