Treatment Of Trainee Doctors From Commonwealth And Former Commonwealth Countries

EDM number 1989 in 2005-06, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 19/04/2006.

That this House expresses its concern at the sudden and peremptory way the Home Office has rushed through without adequate debate inside Parliament or discussion outside it and with only perfunctory consultation with the British Medical Association, associations representing immigrant doctors and a health service heavily dependent on foreign doctors, changes in the immigration rules which will exclude non-EU trainee doctors from shortlists for jobs unless no EU or EEA applicants are available, impose a burden of costs, disruption and uncertainty on hospitals dependent on foreign house officers, as well as on the careers and prospects of foreign doctors training in the UK or hoping to come from India or Pakistan to make a career in the UK, and make nationality a more important qualification for medical and dental appointments than excellence, quality or language skills; suggests that to treat doctors from India, Pakistan and other Commonwealth countries in this fashion is insulting after their great contribution to the National Health Service; and, recognising that these sudden regulations have produced a state of alarm and fear among trainees from overseas, urges that the changes, insofar as they affect medical and dental jobs, both demanding a longer and more complex training than other jobs, be reconsidered and introduced again only after extensive discussion and modification and a substantial period of transition.

This motion has been signed by a total of 123 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	19/04/2006	Great Grimsby	Labour	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	20/04/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Michael Penning	20/04/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Seconded
Alan Meale	20/04/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Linda Riordan	20/04/2006	Halifax	Labour	Seconded
Angus MacNeil	20/04/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Neil Gerrard	20/04/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	20/04/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	24/04/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Ben Wallace	24/04/2006	Lancaster & Wyre	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	24/04/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/04/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	24/04/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	24/04/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	24/04/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	24/04/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	24/04/2006	North Down	UUP	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	24/04/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	25/04/2006	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	25/04/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	25/04/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	25/04/2006	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	25/04/2006	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	25/04/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	25/04/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	25/04/2006	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	25/04/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	25/04/2006	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	25/04/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Rudi Vis	26/04/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	26/04/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
John Leech	26/04/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	26/04/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	26/04/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	26/04/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Lembit	26/04/2006	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	26/04/2006	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	26/04/2006	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	26/04/2006	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Bob Russell	26/04/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	27/04/2006	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	27/04/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Luff	27/04/2006	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	02/05/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	02/05/2006	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sammy Wilson	02/05/2006	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Phil Willis	02/05/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	02/05/2006	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Walter	02/05/2006	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
George Galloway	02/05/2006	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Chris Mullin	02/05/2006	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	02/05/2006	Glasgow North	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	02/05/2006	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Dai Havard	02/05/2006	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	02/05/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	03/05/2006	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	03/05/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	03/05/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	03/05/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	03/05/2006	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stewart Hosie	04/05/2006	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Janet Dean	04/05/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	04/05/2006	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	08/05/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Dorrell	08/05/2006	Charnwood	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	08/05/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	08/05/2006	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Clark	08/05/2006	Tunbridge Wells	Conservative	Signed
Edward Vaizey	08/05/2006	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	09/05/2006	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Flello	09/05/2006	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	09/05/2006	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	10/05/2006	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Edward Leigh	11/05/2006	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Ian Davidson	11/05/2006	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	11/05/2006	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	12/05/2006	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Taylor	12/05/2006	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/05/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	12/05/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	12/05/2006	Romford	Conservative	Signed
John Penrose	15/05/2006	Weston-Super-Mare	Conservative	Signed
Madeleine Moon	15/05/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	15/05/2006	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	15/05/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Louise Ellman	15/05/2006	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	15/05/2006	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	15/05/2006	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	16/05/2006	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	16/05/2006	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	16/05/2006	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	16/05/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	18/05/2006	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	22/05/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
John Austin	22/05/2006	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	22/05/2006	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	22/05/2006	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	22/05/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
David Clelland	22/05/2006	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	22/05/2006	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	23/05/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Walker	23/05/2006	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Susan Kramer	23/05/2006	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Philip Dunne	23/05/2006	Ludlow	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	23/05/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	23/05/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	25/05/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	25/05/2006	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	05/06/2006	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	05/06/2006	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	05/06/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Hoey	05/06/2006	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	06/06/2006	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	12/06/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	19/06/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Adam Holloway	19/06/2006	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	20/06/2006	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pete Wishart	10/07/2006	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	18/07/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	24/07/2006	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	24/07/2006	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gavin Strang	24/07/2006	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Jamie Reed	09/10/2006	Copeland	Labour	Signed

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