Overseas Domestic Workers
EDM number 17 in 1989-90, proposed by Graham Allen on 21/11/1989.
That this House notes with concern the plight of some overseas domestic workers brought into the United Kingdom by their employers; and calls upon the Secretary of State for the Home Department to ensure that all domestic workers from overseas are provided with a suitable immigration status which enables them to work legally and change employers whilst in the United Kingdom, and which will help to end the maltreatment and abuse of overseas domestic workers by some employers.
This motion has been signed by a total of 55 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Allen | 21/11/1989 | Nottingham North | Proposed | |
| Alan Meale | 22/11/1989 | Mansfield | Signed | |
| Andrew Faulds | 22/11/1989 | Warley East | Signed | |
| Harry Barnes | 22/11/1989 | North East Derbyshire | Signed | |
| David Steel | 23/11/1989 | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | Signed | |
| Paul Flynn | 23/11/1989 | Newport West | Signed | |
| William McKelvey | 23/11/1989 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | Signed | |
| John McAllion | 23/11/1989 | Dundee East | Signed | |
| Peter Hardy | 23/11/1989 | Wentworth | Signed | |
| Dennis Skinner | 23/11/1989 | Bolsover | Signed | |
| Ernie Ross | 23/11/1989 | Dundee West | Signed | |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 24/11/1989 | Islington North | Signed | |
| Frank Cook | 24/11/1989 | Stockton North | Signed | |
| Peter Pike | 24/11/1989 | Burnley | Signed | |
| Audrey Wise | 27/11/1989 | Preston | Signed | |
| Dennis Turner | 27/11/1989 | Wolverhampton South East | Signed | |
| Alexander Eadie | 27/11/1989 | Midlothian | Signed | |
| Bill Michie | 27/11/1989 | Sheffield, Heeley | Signed | |
| Alice Mahon | 27/11/1989 | Halifax | Signed | |
| Martin Redmond | 27/11/1989 | Don Valley | Signed | |
| Terry Patchett | 27/11/1989 | Barnsley East | Signed | |
| James Wray | 28/11/1989 | Glasgow Provan | Signed | |
| Gerry Steinberg | 28/11/1989 | Durham, City of | Signed | |
| Norman Godman | 28/11/1989 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | Signed | |
| Maria Fyfe | 28/11/1989 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Signed | |
| Ron Davies | 28/11/1989 | Caerphilly | Signed | |
| John Cummings | 28/11/1989 | Easington | Signed | |
| Keith Bradley | 28/11/1989 | Manchester, Withington | Signed | |
| Ian McCartney | 28/11/1989 | Makerfield | Signed | |
| Martyn Jones | 28/11/1989 | Clwyd South West | Signed | |
| David Hinchliffe | 28/11/1989 | Wakefield | Signed | |
| Joan Ruddock | 28/11/1989 | Lewisham, Deptford | Signed | |
| John Evans | 29/11/1989 | St Helens North | Signed | |
| Tommy Graham | 29/11/1989 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | Signed | |
| Win Griffiths | 29/11/1989 | Bridgend | Signed | |
| Jack Thompson | 29/11/1989 | Wansbeck | Signed | |
| Bob Cryer | 29/11/1989 | Bradford South | Signed | |
| Harry Cohen | 29/11/1989 | Leyton | Signed | |
| David Marshall | 29/11/1989 | Glasgow, Shettleston | Signed | |
| Robert Litherland | 29/11/1989 | Manchester Central | Signed | |
| Doug Hoyle | 29/11/1989 | Warrington North | Signed | |
| Jim Sillars | 29/11/1989 | Glasgow, Govan | Signed | |
| Jeff Rooker | 29/11/1989 | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Signed | |
| Bruce Grocott | 30/11/1989 | Wrekin, The | Signed | |
| George Galloway | 30/11/1989 | Glasgow Hillhead | Signed | |
| Roland Boyes | 30/11/1989 | Houghton and Washington | Signed | |
| Geoffrey Lofthouse | 30/11/1989 | Pontefract & Castleford | Signed | |
| Archy Kirkwood | 30/11/1989 | Roxburgh & Berwickshire | Signed | |
| Paul Boateng | 01/12/1989 | Brent South | Signed | |
| Eric Illsley | 04/12/1989 | Barnsley Central | Signed | |
| Diane Abbott | 08/12/1989 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Signed | |
| Max Madden | 11/12/1989 | Bradford West | Signed | |
| Alex Carlile | 12/12/1989 | Montgomery | Signed | |
| Harry Ewing | 15/12/1989 | Falkirk East | Signed | |
| Norman Buchan | Unknown | Withdrawn |
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