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Military Personnel And British Citizenship

EDM number 823 in 2005-06, proposed by Bob Russell on 21/10/2005.

That this House calls on the Government to enable members of HM Armed Forces who are not British citizens, but who wish to apply for British citizenship, to be able to count their time serving in the Forces as residence qualification; and that this should be regardless of whether the service is in the UK or on deployments overseas.

This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Bob Russell21/10/2005ColchesterLiberal DemocratProposed
David Heath21/10/2005Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Rudi Vis24/10/2005Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley24/10/2005Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Mike Hancock24/10/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Ann Cryer24/10/2005KeighleyLabourSeconded
Gregory Campbell24/10/2005East LondonderryDUPSigned
John Leech24/10/2005Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell25/10/2005Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt25/10/2005Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Andrew George25/10/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore25/10/2005HendonLabourSigned
Martin Caton25/10/2005GowerLabourSigned
Annette Brooke25/10/2005Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Iris Robinson25/10/2005StrangfordDUPSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson26/10/2005Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Angus MacNeil26/10/2005Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Nicholas Winterton26/10/2005MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Nigel Dodds26/10/2005Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Derek Conway26/10/2005Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Colin Breed26/10/2005South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
William McCrea26/10/2005South AntrimDUPSigned
Paul Holmes26/10/2005ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn26/10/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty27/10/2005Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Vincent Cable27/10/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham27/10/2005Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay28/10/2005ThurrockLabourSigned
Gordon Banks28/10/2005Ochil and South PerthshireLabourSigned
Michael Penning28/10/2005Hemel HempsteadConservativeSigned
Martin Horwood31/10/2005CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch01/11/2005HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope02/11/2005HyndburnLabourSigned
Tom Brake02/11/2005Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson03/11/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Clive Efford03/11/2005ElthamLabourSigned
Bob Spink07/11/2005Castle PointConservativeSigned
Brian Jenkins08/11/2005TamworthLabourSigned
Janet Dean11/11/2005BurtonLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell16/11/2005Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington22/11/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Rosindell28/11/2005RomfordConservativeSigned
John Barrett06/12/2005Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned

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