Visitor Visas For People From India (EDM876)

Visitor Visas For People From India

EDM number 876 in 2017-19, proposed by Roger Godsiff on 30/01/2018.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Immigration and Tourism.

That this House welcomes the announcement of the doubling of UK exports to India, increasing trade and developing economic relations; acknowledges the importance of the UK and India's long-term historical, cultural and business ties, and celebrates the positive relationship between the two countries; notes that the Government's hosting of the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is a golden opportunity for building stronger ties with India; further notes that tourists from India contributed £432 million to the UK economy in 2016; expresses support for increasing mobility between the two nations; believes that simplifying the visitor visa application process to make it easier and more attractive for people from India to visit the UK is a crucial part of developing this bilateral relationship; and urges the Government to support the Royal Commonwealth Society's campaign to have the special UK-China bilateral visitor visa pilot extended to India, to boost tourism and trade and support diplomatic relations.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Roger Godsiff	30/01/2018	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Proposed
Jim Shannon	31/01/2018	Strangford	DUP	Seconded
David Simpson	31/01/2018	Upper Bann	DUP	Seconded
Ronnie Campbell	31/01/2018	Blyth Valley	Labour	Seconded
Martyn Day	31/01/2018	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Chris Stephens	31/01/2018	Glasgow South West	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Bob Blackman	01/02/2018	Harrow East	Conservative	Signed
Christine Jardine	01/02/2018	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Spellar	06/02/2018	Warley	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	20/02/2018	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Drew Hendry	20/02/2018	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alan Brown	20/02/2018	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stephen Gethins	20/02/2018	North East Fife	Scottish National Party	Signed
Gareth Thomas	20/02/2018	Harrow West	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	20/02/2018	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Vernon Coaker	20/02/2018	Gedling	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	20/02/2018	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Stephen Timms	22/02/2018	East Ham	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	22/02/2018	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	27/02/2018	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandy Martin	22/03/2018	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Henry Bellingham	16/04/2018	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Jo Swinson	16/04/2018	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	17/04/2018	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Gavin Robinson	18/04/2018	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Paul Girvan	18/04/2018	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Nigel Dodds	18/04/2018	Belfast North	DUP	Signed

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