Immigration Rules Minimum Income Threshold (EDM709)

Immigration Rules Minimum Income Threshold

EDM number 709 in 2014-15, proposed by Nick Harvey on 19/01/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Immigration and Incomes and poverty.

That this House condemns the arbitrary nature of the minimum income threshold in the Immigration Rules; notes that the requirement for citizens to be earning at least Â£18,600 for their non-EU family members to be able to migrate to the UK unfairly discriminates against those who live in areas of the country with lower wages, and those who may have an income below Â£18,600 but are still able to accommodate a family member, such as pensioners; further notes a study by Middlesex University which found that the financial requirement costs the Government money due to the loss of migrants' economic activity; and calls on the Government to introduce more flexibility into the financial threshold to ensure that families are not unnecessarily kept apart.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Nick Harvey	19/01/2015	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Linda Riordan	19/01/2015	Halifax	Labour	Seconded
Annette Brooke	19/01/2015	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Glenda Jackson	19/01/2015	Hampstead and Kilburn	Labour	Seconded
Gerald Kaufman	19/01/2015	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Seconded
John Hemming	19/01/2015	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Ronnie Campbell	19/01/2015	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Paul Blomfield	19/01/2015	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/01/2015	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	20/01/2015	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	20/01/2015	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Shannon	20/01/2015	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Adrian Sanders	20/01/2015	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	20/01/2015	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Kevin Barron	20/01/2015	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ritchie	21/01/2015	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Hugh Bayley	21/01/2015	York Central	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	21/01/2015	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julian Huppert	21/01/2015	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Naomi Long	21/01/2015	Belfast East	Alliance	Signed
Mike Gapes	21/01/2015	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	21/01/2015	Gower	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	21/01/2015	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	21/01/2015	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alan Meale	21/01/2015	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	22/01/2015	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	22/01/2015	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	22/01/2015	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	22/01/2015	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	22/01/2015	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Vaz	22/01/2015	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Valerie Vaz	22/01/2015	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
John Leech	22/01/2015	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	22/01/2015	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Liz McInnes	22/01/2015	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Mary Glindon	22/01/2015	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Graeme Morrice	22/01/2015	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	22/01/2015	Argyll and Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	27/01/2015	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Mike Thornton	27/01/2015	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Ward	28/01/2015	Bradford East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Caroline Lucas	28/01/2015	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
John Thurso	28/01/2015	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	28/01/2015	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	29/01/2015	Arfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	29/01/2015	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	02/02/2015	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Louise Ellman	02/02/2015	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	02/02/2015	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/02/2015	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Mudie	10/02/2015	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	11/02/2015	Bradford West	Respect	Signed

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