The Home Secretary And The Abolition Of The Primary Purpose Rule
EDM number 81 in 1997-98, proposed by Keith Vaz on 05/06/1997.
That this House congratulates the Home Secretary on his decision to abolish the Primary Purpose Rule; notes the fact that the rule was pernicious, arbitrary and ineffective; and considers that this historic change is an important first step to restoring justice to immigration policy and will unite families that have been cruelly separated.
This motion has been signed by a total of 148 MPs, 5 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Keith Vaz | 05/06/1997 | Leicester East | Labour | Proposed |
| Peter Pike | 05/06/1997 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Pond | 05/06/1997 | Gravesham | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Pendry | 05/06/1997 | Stalybridge & Hyde | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Perham | 05/06/1997 | Ilford North | Labour | Signed |
| Ken Purchase | 05/06/1997 | Wolverhampton North East | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Allan Rogers | 05/06/1997 | Rhondda | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Rooney | 05/06/1997 | Bradford North | Labour | Signed |
| Ernie Ross | 05/06/1997 | Dundee West | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Salter | 05/06/1997 | Reading West | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Sedgemore | 05/06/1997 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 05/06/1997 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 05/06/1997 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 05/06/1997 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Angela Smith | 05/06/1997 | Basildon | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Jacqui Smith | 05/06/1997 | Redditch | Labour | Signed |
| John Smith | 05/06/1997 | Vale of Glamorgan | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Soley | 05/06/1997 | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Labour | Signed |
| Phyllis Starkey | 05/06/1997 | Milton Keynes South West | Labour | Signed |
| John Heppell | 05/06/1997 | Nottingham East | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Hope | 05/06/1997 | Corby | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 05/06/1997 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 05/06/1997 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Jackson | 05/06/1997 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Labour | Signed |
| Melanie Johnson | 05/06/1997 | Welwyn Hatfield | Labour | Signed |
| Jenny Jones | 05/06/1997 | Wolverhampton South West | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 05/06/1997 | Feltham & Heston | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Ann Keen | 05/06/1997 | Brentford & Isleworth | Labour | Signed |
| Piara S Khabra | 05/06/1997 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| Ashok Kumar | 05/06/1997 | Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Laxton | 05/06/1997 | Derby North | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Lewis | 05/06/1997 | Worsley | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Linton | 05/06/1997 | Battersea | Labour | Signed |
| Ken Livingstone | 05/06/1997 | Brent East | Labour | Signed |
| David Lock | 05/06/1997 | Wyre Forest | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew MacKinlay | 05/06/1997 | Thurrock | Labour | Signed |
| Denis MacShane | 05/06/1997 | Rotherham | Labour | Signed |
| Fiona Mactaggart | 05/06/1997 | Slough | Labour | Signed |
| Alice Mahon | 05/06/1997 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Judy Mallaber | 05/06/1997 | Amber Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Marshall | 05/06/1997 | Leicester South | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen McCabe | 05/06/1997 | Birmingham, Hall Green | Labour | Signed |
| Chris McCafferty | 05/06/1997 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Siobhain McDonagh | 05/06/1997 | Mitcham & Morden | Labour | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 05/06/1997 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Shona McIsaac | 05/06/1997 | Cleethorpes | Labour | Signed |
| Rosemary McKenna | 05/06/1997 | Cumbernauld & Kilsyth | Labour | Signed |
| Tony McNulty | 05/06/1997 | Harrow East | Labour | Signed |
| Margaret Moran | 05/06/1997 | Luton South | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Mullin | 05/06/1997 | Sunderland South | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Olner | 05/06/1997 | Nuneaton | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Bradley | 05/06/1997 | Wrekin, The | Labour | Signed |
| Karen Buck | 05/06/1997 | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Burden | 05/06/1997 | Birmingham, Northfield | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Campbell | 05/06/1997 | Tynemouth | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Casale | 05/06/1997 | Wimbledon | Labour | Signed |
| Ben Chapman | 05/06/1997 | Wirral South | Labour | Signed |
| David Chaytor | 05/06/1997 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Clwyd | 05/06/1997 | Cynon Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 05/06/1997 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 05/06/1997 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Robin Corbett | 05/06/1997 | Birmingham, Erdington | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 05/06/1997 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| John Cryer | 05/06/1997 | Hornchurch | Labour | Signed |
| John Cummings | 05/06/1997 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 05/06/1997 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Tam Dalyell | 05/06/1997 | Linlithgow | Labour | Signed |
| Valerie Davey | 05/06/1997 | Bristol West | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Dismore | 05/06/1997 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
| David Drew | 05/06/1997 | Stroud | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | 05/06/1997 | Crewe & Nantwich | Labour | Signed |
| Huw Edwards | 05/06/1997 | Monmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Louise Ellman | 05/06/1997 | Liverpool, Riverside | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Lorna Fitzsimons | 05/06/1997 | Rochdale | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 05/06/1997 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| George Galloway | 05/06/1997 | Glasgow, Kelvin | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Gapes | 05/06/1997 | Ilford South | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 05/06/1997 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Gibson | 05/06/1997 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
| Tommy Graham | 05/06/1997 | West Renfrewshire | Labour | Signed |
| John Gunnell | 05/06/1997 | Morley & Rothwell | Labour | Signed |
| Patrick Hall | 05/06/1997 | Bedford | Labour | Signed |
| Fabian Hamilton | 05/06/1997 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
| Charlotte Atkins | 05/06/1997 | Staffordshire Moorlands | Labour | Signed |
| John Austin | 05/06/1997 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Benn | 05/06/1997 | Chesterfield | Labour | Signed |
| Joe Benton | 05/06/1997 | Bootle | Labour | Signed |
| Gerry Bermingham | 05/06/1997 | St Helens South | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Berry | 05/06/1997 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
| Liz Blackman | 05/06/1997 | Erewash | Labour | Signed |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | 05/06/1997 | Bradford South | Labour | Signed |
| David Taylor | 05/06/1997 | North West Leicestershire | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Gareth Thomas | 05/06/1997 | Harrow West | Labour | Signed |
| Dennis Turner | 05/06/1997 | Wolverhampton South East | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Stephen Twigg | 05/06/1997 | Enfield, Southgate | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 05/06/1997 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
| Dave Watts | 05/06/1997 | St Helens North | Labour | Signed |
| Brian White | 05/06/1997 | North East Milton Keynes | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Williams | 05/06/1997 | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr | Labour | Signed |
| David Winnick | 05/06/1997 | Walsall North | Labour | Signed |
| Rosie Winterton | 05/06/1997 | Doncaster Central | Labour | Signed |
| Audrey Wise | 05/06/1997 | Preston | Labour | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 06/06/1997 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Barnes | 06/06/1997 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Fraser Kemp | 09/06/1997 | Houghton & Washington East | Labour | Signed |
| Ben Bradshaw | 09/06/1997 | Exeter | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Cox | 09/06/1997 | Tooting | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Godsiff | 09/06/1997 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Begg | 09/06/1997 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Ruane | 10/06/1997 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
| Rachel Squire | 10/06/1997 | Dunfermline West | Labour | Signed |
| David Hinchliffe | 10/06/1997 | Wakefield | Labour | Signed |
| Lawrence Cunliffe | 10/06/1997 | Leigh | Labour | Signed |
| Maria Fyfe | 10/06/1997 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Labour | Signed |
| Candy Atherton | 10/06/1997 | Falmouth & Camborne | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Todd | 10/06/1997 | South Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Wallace | 10/06/1997 | Orkney & Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 10/06/1997 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
| Derek Wyatt | 10/06/1997 | Sittingbourne & Sheppey | Labour | Signed |
| David Rendel | 11/06/1997 | Newbury | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 11/06/1997 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Jones | 11/06/1997 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bruce George | 11/06/1997 | Walsall South | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Pickthall | 12/06/1997 | West Lancashire | Labour | Signed |
| Lawrie Quinn | 12/06/1997 | Scarborough & Whitby | Labour | Signed |
| Kevin McNamara | 12/06/1997 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dobbin | 12/06/1997 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Jeff Ennis | 12/06/1997 | Barnsley East & Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Stinchcombe | 12/06/1997 | Wellingborough | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Woolas | 12/06/1997 | Oldham East & Saddleworth | Labour | Signed |
| Ruth Kelly | 16/06/1997 | Bolton West | Labour | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 16/06/1997 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Colman | 17/06/1997 | Putney | Labour | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 18/06/1997 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Michie | 18/06/1997 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 18/06/1997 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 19/06/1997 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 19/06/1997 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Campbell | 01/07/1997 | Cambridge | Labour | Signed |
| Harold Best | 03/07/1997 | Leeds North West | Labour | Signed |
| Gerry Steinberg | 07/07/1997 | Durham, City of | Labour | Signed |
| Barry Gardiner | 08/07/1997 | Brent North | Labour | Signed |
| Tony McWalter | 24/11/1997 | Hemel Hempstead | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Joan Ruddock | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Margaret Hodge | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| John Hutton | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Stephen Timms | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Patricia Hewitt | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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