Tahir Family
EDM number 329 in 1993-94, proposed by Ronnie Campbell on 12/01/1994.
That this House welcomes the decision to designate 1994 as the Year of the Family; calls upon Her Majesty's Government to demonstrate their support for the family by allowing the Tahir family from Blyth, Northumberland to remain in this country; acknowledges the tremendous support the family have already received in their fight to be allowed to stay, including a petition signed by 4,000 local people, hundreds of individual letters to the Home Secretary, resolutions passed by the local Borough and County Council which had all party support, an earlier Early Day Motion No. 1227 signed by 172 Members and letters to the Home Secretary from the children's headteacher and the social services department; notes with deep concern the decision of the Home Office to ignore this tremendous support from local people and the exceptional compassionate grounds by issuing a deportation notice on 23rd December 1993; and calls upon the Government, even at the eleventh hour, to reconsider their decision and show their support for the Year of the Family by allowing the Tahirs to remain in Blyth where they are popular, hardworking and law abiding members of the community.
This motion has been signed by a total of 198 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
| Ronnie Campbell | 12/01/1994 | Blyth Valley | | Proposed |
| Bruce George | 12/01/1994 | Walsall South | | Signed |
| Angela Eagle | 12/01/1994 | Wallasey | | Signed |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | 12/01/1994 | Crewe & Nantwich | | Signed |
| Jimmy Dunnachie | 12/01/1994 | Glasgow, Pollok | | Signed |
| Jim Dowd | 12/01/1994 | Lewisham West | | Signed |
| Brian H Donohoe | 12/01/1994 | Cunninghame South | | Signed |
| Terry Davis | 12/01/1994 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | | Signed |
| Denzil Davies | 12/01/1994 | Llanelli | | Signed |
| Alistair Darling | 12/01/1994 | Edinburgh Central | | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 12/01/1994 | Coventry South East | | Signed |
| Kenneth Eastham | 12/01/1994 | Manchester, Blackley | | Signed |
| Derek Enright | 12/01/1994 | Hemsworth | | Signed |
| John Garrett | 12/01/1994 | Norwich South | | Signed |
| Maria Fyfe | 12/01/1994 | Glasgow, Maryhill | | Signed |
| John Fraser | 12/01/1994 | Norwood | | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 12/01/1994 | Newport West | | Signed |
| Mark Fisher | 12/01/1994 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | | Signed |
| Andrew Faulds | 12/01/1994 | Warley East | | Signed |
| Derek Fatchett | 12/01/1994 | Leeds Central | | Signed |
| John Evans | 12/01/1994 | St Helens North | | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 12/01/1994 | Sunderland North | | Signed |
| Lawrence Cunliffe | 12/01/1994 | Leigh | | Signed |
| John Cummings | 12/01/1994 | Easington | | Signed |
| James Callaghan | 12/01/1994 | Heywood & Middleton | | Signed |
| Richard Caborn | 12/01/1994 | Sheffield Central | | Signed |
| Stephen Byers | 12/01/1994 | Wallsend | | Signed |
| Richard Burden | 12/01/1994 | Birmingham, Northfield | | Signed |
| Malcolm Bruce | 12/01/1994 | Gordon | | Signed |
| Nick Brown | 12/01/1994 | Newcastle upon Tyne East | | Signed |
| Keith Bradley | 12/01/1994 | Manchester, Withington | | Signed |
| Roland Boyes | 12/01/1994 | Houghton and Washington | | Signed |
| Stan Orme | 12/01/1994 | Salford East | | Signed |
| Anne Campbell | 12/01/1994 | Cambridge | | Signed |
| Dale Campbell-Savours | 12/01/1994 | Workington | | Signed |
| Jean Corston | 12/01/1994 | Bristol East | | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 12/01/1994 | Islington North | | Signed |
| Robin Corbett | 12/01/1994 | Birmingham, Erdington | | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 12/01/1994 | Leyton | | Signed |
| David Clelland | 12/01/1994 | Tyne Bridge | | Signed |
| Eric Clarke | 12/01/1994 | Midlothian | | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 12/01/1994 | Barnsley West & Penistone | | Signed |
| Malcolm Chisholm | 12/01/1994 | Edinburgh Leith | | Signed |
| Jamie Cann | 12/01/1994 | Ipswich | | Signed |
| Martin O'Neill | 12/01/1994 | Clackmannan | | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 12/01/1994 | Walthamstow | | Signed |
| David Young | 12/01/1994 | Bolton South East | | Signed |
| Harold Walker | 12/01/1994 | Doncaster Central | | Signed |
| Keith Vaz | 12/01/1994 | Leicester East | | Signed |
| Dennis Turner | 12/01/1994 | Wolverhampton South East | | Signed |
| Paddy Tipping | 12/01/1994 | Sherwood | | Signed |
| Jack Thompson | 12/01/1994 | Wansbeck | | Signed |
| George Stevenson | 12/01/1994 | Stoke-on-Trent South | | Signed |
| Gerry Steinberg | 12/01/1994 | Durham, City of | | Signed |
| Roger Berry | 12/01/1994 | Kingswood | | Signed |
| Joe Benton | 12/01/1994 | Bootle | | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 12/01/1994 | Stoke-on-Trent North | | Signed |
| Gareth Wardell | 12/01/1994 | Gower | | Signed |
| Tony Wright | 12/01/1994 | Cannock and Burntwood | | Signed |
| James Wray | 12/01/1994 | Glasgow Provan | | Signed |
| Tony Worthington | 12/01/1994 | Clydebank & Milngavie | | Signed |
| Audrey Wise | 12/01/1994 | Preston | | Signed |
| David Winnick | 12/01/1994 | Walsall North | | Signed |
| Alan Wynne Williams | 12/01/1994 | Carmarthen | | Signed |
| Andrew Welsh | 12/01/1994 | Angus East | | Signed |
| Mike Watson | 12/01/1994 | Glasgow Central | | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 12/01/1994 | Liverpool, West Derby | | Signed |
| Tony Benn | 12/01/1994 | Chesterfield | | Signed |
| Stuart Bell | 12/01/1994 | Middlesbrough | | Signed |
| Peter Hain | 12/01/1994 | Neath | | Signed |
| John Gunnell | 12/01/1994 | Leeds South and Morley | | Signed |
| Bruce Grocott | 12/01/1994 | Wrekin, The | | Signed |
| Win Griffiths | 12/01/1994 | Bridgend | | Signed |
| Nick Ainger | 12/01/1994 | Pembroke | | Signed |
| Irene Adams | 12/01/1994 | Paisley North | | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 12/01/1994 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | | Signed |
| Tommy Graham | 12/01/1994 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | | Signed |
| Mildred Gordon | 12/01/1994 | Bow and Poplar | | Signed |
| Mike Hall | 12/01/1994 | Warrington South | | Signed |
| Donald Anderson | 12/01/1994 | Swansea East | | Signed |
| Alan Beith | 12/01/1994 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | | Signed |
| Hugh Bayley | 12/01/1994 | York, City of | | Signed |
| John Battle | 12/01/1994 | Leeds West | | Signed |
| Kevin Barron | 12/01/1994 | Rother Valley | | Signed |
| Harry Barnes | 12/01/1994 | North East Derbyshire | | Signed |
| Tony Banks | 12/01/1994 | Newham North West | | Signed |
| Joe Ashton | 12/01/1994 | Bassetlaw | | Signed |
| Hilary Armstrong | 12/01/1994 | North West Durham | | Signed |
| Janet Anderson | 12/01/1994 | Rossendale & Darwen | | Signed |
| Llin Golding | 12/01/1994 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | | Signed |
| Bill Olner | 12/01/1994 | Nuneaton | | Signed |
| Adam Ingram | 12/01/1994 | East Kilbride | | Signed |
| Keith Hill | 12/01/1994 | Streatham | | Signed |
| John Heppell | 12/01/1994 | Nottingham East | | Signed |
| Doug Henderson | 12/01/1994 | Newcastle upon Tyne North | | Signed |
| Peter Hardy | 12/01/1994 | Wentworth | | Signed |
| Clive Soley | 12/01/1994 | Hammersmith | | Signed |
| Llew Smith | 12/01/1994 | Blaenau Gwent | | Signed |
| Andrew Smith | 12/01/1994 | Oxford East | | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 12/01/1994 | Bolsover | | Signed |
| David Hinchliffe | 12/01/1994 | Wakefield | | Signed |
| Norman Hogg | 12/01/1994 | Cumbernauld & Kilsyth | | Signed |
| John Home Robertson | 12/01/1994 | East Lothian | | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 12/01/1994 | Barnsley Central | | Signed |
| John Hutton | 12/01/1994 | Barrow & Furness | | Signed |
| Roy Hughes | 12/01/1994 | Newport East | | Signed |
| Doug Hoyle | 12/01/1994 | Warrington North | | Signed |
| Kim Howells | 12/01/1994 | Pontypridd | | Signed |
| George Howarth | 12/01/1994 | Knowsley North | | Signed |
| Geoff Hoon | 12/01/1994 | Ashfield | | Signed |
| Jimmy Hood | 12/01/1994 | Clydesdale | | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 12/01/1994 | Nottingham South | | Signed |
| Brian Sedgemore | 12/01/1994 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | | Signed |
| Alex Salmond | 12/01/1994 | Banff & Buchan | | Signed |
| Greg Pope | 12/01/1994 | Hyndburn | | Signed |
| Tom Pendry | 12/01/1994 | Stalybridge & Hyde | | Signed |
| Terry Patchett | 12/01/1994 | Barnsley East | | Signed |
| Robert Parry | 12/01/1994 | Liverpool, Riverside | | Signed |
| Colin Pickthall | 12/01/1994 | West Lancashire | | Signed |
| Max Madden | 12/01/1994 | Bradford West | | Signed |
| David Hanson | 12/01/1994 | Delyn | | Signed |
| Nigel Griffiths | 12/01/1994 | Edinburgh South | | Signed |
| Raymond Powell | 12/01/1994 | Ogmore | | Signed |
| Bridget Prentice | 12/01/1994 | Lewisham East | | Signed |
| Dawn Primarolo | 12/01/1994 | Bristol South | | Signed |
| Ernie Ross | 12/01/1994 | Dundee West | | Signed |
| Terry Rooney | 12/01/1994 | Bradford North | | Signed |
| Jeff Rooker | 12/01/1994 | Birmingham, Perry Barr | | Signed |
| Allan Rogers | 12/01/1994 | Rhondda | | Signed |
| Geoffrey Robinson | 12/01/1994 | Coventry North West | | Signed |
| Martin Redmond | 12/01/1994 | Don Valley | | Signed |
| Giles Radice | 12/01/1994 | North Durham | | Signed |
| Ken Purchase | 12/01/1994 | Wolverhampton North East | | Signed |
| Barry Jones | 12/01/1994 | Alyn & Deeside | | Signed |
| Helen Jackson | 12/01/1994 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 12/01/1994 | Knowsley South | | Signed |
| John McWilliam | 12/01/1994 | Blaydon | | Signed |
| Henry McLeish | 12/01/1994 | Central Fife | | Signed |
| William McKelvey | 12/01/1994 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | | Signed |
| Ian McCartney | 12/01/1994 | Makerfield | | Signed |
| Thomas McAvoy | 12/01/1994 | Glasgow, Rutherglen | | Signed |
| John McAllion | 12/01/1994 | Dundee East | | Signed |
| John Maxton | 12/01/1994 | Glasgow, Cathcart | | Signed |
| Eric Martlew | 12/01/1994 | Carlisle | | Signed |
| Alan Meale | 12/01/1994 | Mansfield | | Signed |
| Bill Michie | 12/01/1994 | Sheffield, Heeley | | Signed |
| Alan Milburn | 12/01/1994 | Darlington | | Signed |
| Bill O'Brien | 12/01/1994 | Normanton | | Signed |
| Gordon Oakes | 12/01/1994 | Halton | | Signed |
| Paul Murphy | 12/01/1994 | Torfaen | | Signed |
| Chris Mullin | 12/01/1994 | Sunderland South | | Signed |
| George Mudie | 12/01/1994 | Leeds East | | Signed |
| Elliot Morley | 12/01/1994 | Glanford and Scunthorpe | | Signed |
| Lewis Moonie | 12/01/1994 | Kirkcaldy | | Signed |
| Austin Mitchell | 12/01/1994 | Great Grimsby | | Signed |
| Michael Martin | 12/01/1994 | Glasgow, Springburn | | Signed |
| Jim Marshall | 12/01/1994 | Leicester South | | Signed |
| David Marshall | 12/01/1994 | Glasgow, Shettleston | | Signed |
| James Kilfedder | 12/01/1994 | North Down | | Signed |
| Piara S Khabra | 12/01/1994 | Ealing, Southall | | Signed |
| Jane Kennedy | 12/01/1994 | Liverpool Broadgreen | | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 12/01/1994 | Feltham & Heston | | Signed |
| Gerald Kaufman | 12/01/1994 | Manchester, Gorton | | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 12/01/1994 | Clwyd South West | | Signed |
| Jon Owen Jones | 12/01/1994 | Cardiff Central | | Signed |
| Greville Janner | 12/01/1994 | Leicester West | | Signed |
| Peter Kilfoyle | 12/01/1994 | Liverpool, Walton | | Signed |
| Terry Lewis | 12/01/1994 | Worsley | | Signed |
| Robert Litherland | 12/01/1994 | Manchester Central | | Signed |
| John Marek | 12/01/1994 | Wrexham | | Signed |
| Peter Mandelson | 12/01/1994 | Hartlepool | | Signed |
| Alice Mahon | 12/01/1994 | Halifax | | Signed |
| Andrew MacKinlay | 12/01/1994 | Thurrock | | Signed |
| Calum MacDonald | 12/01/1994 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | | Signed |
| Eddie Loyden | 12/01/1994 | Liverpool, Garston | | Signed |
| Tony Lloyd | 12/01/1994 | Stretford | | Signed |
| Ken Livingstone | 12/01/1994 | Brent East | | Signed |
| Nigel Jones | 13/01/1994 | Cheltenham | | Signed |
| John McFall | 13/01/1994 | Dumbarton | | Signed |
| Rhodri Morgan | 13/01/1994 | Cardiff West | | Signed |
| Menzies Campbell | 13/01/1994 | Fife North East | | Signed |
| Ann Coffey | 13/01/1994 | Stockport | | Signed |
| Norman Godman | 13/01/1994 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | | Signed |
| Paul Boateng | 13/01/1994 | Brent South | | Signed |
| Alan Williams | 13/01/1994 | Swansea West | | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 13/01/1994 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | | Signed |
| Glenda Jackson | 13/01/1994 | Hampstead & Highgate | | Signed |
| Simon Hughes | 13/01/1994 | Southwark and Bermondsey | | Signed |
| John Reid | 13/01/1994 | Motherwell North | | Signed |
| Gordon Prentice | 13/01/1994 | Pendle | | Signed |
| Stuart Randall | 13/01/1994 | Kingston upon Hull West | | Signed |
| Ted Rowlands | 13/01/1994 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | | Signed |
| Joan Ruddock | 13/01/1994 | Lewisham, Deptford | | Signed |
| John Denham | 18/01/1994 | Southampton, Itchen | | Signed |
| Roger Godsiff | 26/01/1994 | Birmingham Small Heath | | Signed |
| Bob Cryer | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Ron Leighton | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Jimmy Boyce | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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