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This motion has been signed by a total of 148 MPs, 5 of these signatures have been withdrawn.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 |
| 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 |
| John Cummings | 05/06/1997 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
| John Cryer | 05/06/1997 | Hornchurch | Labour | Signed |
| Karen Buck | 05/06/1997 | | | 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 |
| Mike Gapes | 05/06/1997 | Ilford South | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 05/06/1997 | Walthamstow | 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 |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | 05/06/1997 | Bradford South | Labour | Signed |
| Liz Blackman | 05/06/1997 | Erewash | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Berry | 05/06/1997 | Kingswood | 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 |
| Audrey Wise | 05/06/1997 | Preston | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Bradley | 05/06/1997 | Wrekin, The | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Pike | 05/06/1997 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
| Jacqui Smith | 05/06/1997 | Redditch | Labour | Signed |
| John Smith | 05/06/1997 | Vale of Glamorgan | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Soley | 05/06/1997 | | | 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 |
| Angela Smith | 05/06/1997 | Basildon | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 05/06/1997 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 05/06/1997 | Bradford West | 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 |
| Jenny Jones | 05/06/1997 | Wolverhampton South West | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 05/06/1997 | Feltham & Heston | Labour Co-operative | 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 |
| Judy Mallaber | 05/06/1997 | Amber Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Alice Mahon | 05/06/1997 | Halifax | Labour | 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 |
| Harry Barnes | 06/06/1997 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 06/06/1997 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Begg | 09/06/1997 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Godsiff | 09/06/1997 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Cox | 09/06/1997 | Tooting | Labour | Signed |
| Ben Bradshaw | 09/06/1997 | Exeter | Labour | Signed |
| Fraser Kemp | 09/06/1997 | Houghton & Washington East | Labour | Signed |
| Derek Wyatt | 10/06/1997 | Sittingbourne & Sheppey | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 10/06/1997 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Wallace | 10/06/1997 | Orkney & Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Todd | 10/06/1997 | South Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Candy Atherton | 10/06/1997 | Falmouth & Camborne | Labour | Signed |
| Maria Fyfe | 10/06/1997 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Labour | Signed |
| Lawrence Cunliffe | 10/06/1997 | Leigh | Labour | Signed |
| David Hinchliffe | 10/06/1997 | Wakefield | Labour | Signed |
| Rachel Squire | 10/06/1997 | Dunfermline West | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Ruane | 10/06/1997 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
| Bruce George | 11/06/1997 | Walsall South | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Jones | 11/06/1997 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 11/06/1997 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
| David Rendel | 11/06/1997 | Newbury | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Phil Woolas | 12/06/1997 | Oldham East & Saddleworth | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Stinchcombe | 12/06/1997 | Wellingborough | Labour | Signed |
| Jeff Ennis | 12/06/1997 | Barnsley East & Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dobbin | 12/06/1997 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Kevin McNamara | 12/06/1997 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
| Lawrie Quinn | 12/06/1997 | Scarborough & Whitby | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Pickthall | 12/06/1997 | West Lancashire | Labour | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 16/06/1997 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Ruth Kelly | 16/06/1997 | Bolton West | 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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