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International Student Visas

EDM number 434 in 2016-17, proposed by Virendra Kumar Sharma on 12/09/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Higher education, Immigration and Students.

That this House notes the important role of international students in the UK higher education sector; further notes that 68,550 international students studied in the UK in 2015; recognises that international students contribute a net value of £2.3 billion a year to the economy, along with a great cultural investment; is concerned about reports of mass deportations of international students; is further concerned that current policy is making the UK a less welcoming place for international students; urges the Government to halt any ongoing programmes of such deportations; and calls on the Government to reassess the criteria by which it grants student visas.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Caroline Lucas05/01/2016Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Tom Blenkinsop05/01/2016Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma12/09/2016Ealing, SouthallLabourProposed
Alan Meale13/09/2016MansfieldLabourSeconded
Martyn Day13/09/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySeconded
Wes Streeting14/09/2016Ilford NorthLabourSeconded
Mark Durkan14/09/2016FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Jim Cunningham14/09/2016Coventry SouthLabourSeconded
Alasdair McDonnell14/09/2016Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Gavin Newlands15/09/2016Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthScottish National PartySigned
Margaret Ferrier15/09/2016Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartySigned
Mary Glindon15/09/2016North TynesideLabourSigned
Marion Fellows15/09/2016Motherwell and WishawScottish National PartySigned
Alex Salmond15/09/2016Signed
Angus MacNeil10/10/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Peter Bottomley10/10/2016Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Liz Saville Roberts10/10/2016Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Margaret Ritchie10/10/2016South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Hannah Bardell10/10/2016LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
Drew Hendry10/10/2016Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
John Cryer10/10/2016Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Tasmina Sheikh10/10/2016Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Stuart Donaldson10/10/2016West Aberdeenshire and KincardineScottish National PartySigned
Joanna Cherry10/10/2016Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Natalie McGarry10/10/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Danny Kinahan11/10/2016South AntrimUUPSigned
Alison Thewliss11/10/2016Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySigned
Angela Crawley11/10/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned
Chris Elmore11/10/2016OgmoreLabourSigned
Carol Monaghan12/10/2016Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
Corri Wilson12/10/2016Ayr, Carrick and CumnockScottish National PartySigned
Stephen Gethins13/10/2016North East FifeScottish National PartySigned
John Nicolson24/10/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Keith Vaz25/10/2016Leicester EastLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff26/10/2016Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned

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