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Proposed Changes To Domestic Worker Visa

EDM number 860 in 2006-07, proposed by Chris McCafferty on 07/02/2007.

That this House recognises that Home Office proposals to change the domestic worker visa to a business visitor visa, removing the right to change employer and restricting the maximum stay to six months, are a complete reversal of previous government policy, which was intended to protect this category of often exploited and abused workers; notes with concern that the proposals will dramatically increase the power of abusive employers, and will make it impossible in practice for migrant domestic workers to access UK employment law, effectively legalising trafficking and domestic slavery of vulnerable workers; and therefore calls on the Government to retain the domestic worker visa giving the right to change employer, to renew a visa and to apply for settlement after five years.

This motion has been signed by a total of 98 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Chris McCafferty07/02/2007Calder ValleyLabourProposed
Ann Clwyd07/02/2007Cynon ValleyLabourSeconded
Paul Flynn07/02/2007Newport WestLabourSeconded
Gordon Prentice07/02/2007PendleLabourSeconded
Alan Simpson07/02/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSeconded
Si07/02/2007Swansea EastLabourSeconded
Bob Spink07/02/2007Castle PointConservativeSigned
Mark Durkan07/02/2007FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Andrew George07/02/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan07/02/2007HalifaxLabourSigned
Alan Meale08/02/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley08/02/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock08/02/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard08/02/2007WalthamstowLabourSigned
David Drew08/02/2007StroudLabourSigned
Martin Caton08/02/2007GowerLabourSigned
Vincent Cable08/02/2007TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Lazarowicz08/02/2007Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Lynne Jones08/02/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Eric Illsley08/02/2007Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
John Pugh08/02/2007SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams19/02/2007ConwyLabourSigned
Katy Clark19/02/2007North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross19/02/2007TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
David Hamilton19/02/2007MidlothianLabourSigned
Ann Cryer19/02/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Colin Breed19/02/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
David Marshall19/02/2007Glasgow EastLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins19/02/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore19/02/2007HendonLabourSigned
Clare Short20/02/2007Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Mark Oaten20/02/2007WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell20/02/2007Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Walter20/02/2007North DorsetConservativeSigned
Hywel Williams20/02/2007CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
John Leech20/02/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeff Ennis21/02/2007Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
Jo Swinson21/02/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt21/02/2007SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt21/02/2007Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Michael Weir21/02/2007AngusScottish National PartySigned
Elfyn Llwyd21/02/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Mark Williams22/02/2007CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Dobbin23/02/2007Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Jim Dowd23/02/2007Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Keith Vaz23/02/2007Leicester EastLabourSigned
Madeleine Moon26/02/2007BridgendLabourSigned
Ian Gibson26/02/2007Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Don Foster26/02/2007BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch26/02/2007HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Henderson26/02/2007Newcastle upon Tyne NorthLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy26/02/2007Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders26/02/2007TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Mohammad Sarwar26/02/2007Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Frank Cook27/02/2007Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Jon Cruddas27/02/2007DagenhamLabourSigned
Bill Etherington27/02/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton27/02/2007Leeds North EastLabourSigned
John Hemming27/02/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen28/02/2007Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Michael Connarty28/02/2007Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Gavin Strang28/02/2007Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Peter Soulsby01/03/2007Leicester SouthLabourSigned
John Battle01/03/2007Leeds WestLabourSigned
Karen Buck01/03/2007Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Marsha Singh02/03/2007Bradford WestLabourSigned
Mark Todd02/03/2007South DerbyshireLabourSigned
John Austin05/03/2007Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Julie Morgan06/03/2007Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Mike Wood06/03/2007Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Bob Laxton08/03/2007Derby NorthLabourSigned
Ian Stewart09/03/2007EcclesLabourSigned
Dai Davies12/03/2007Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Desmond Turner12/03/2007Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
John Bercow12/03/2007BuckinghamConservativeSigned
John McDonnell12/03/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Mark Fisher12/03/2007Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce20/03/2007GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jennifer Willott22/03/2007Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Dan Rogerson23/03/2007North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Sarah Teather27/03/2007Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Diane Abbott28/03/2007Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Susan Kramer28/03/2007Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey29/03/2007Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams29/03/2007Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Francis16/04/2007AberavonLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn16/04/2007JarrowLabourSigned
Paul Rowen18/04/2007RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson19/04/2007Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Dawn Butler24/04/2007Brent SouthLabourSigned
Emily Thornberry01/05/2007Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
Nick Harvey15/05/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn15/05/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Tim Farron15/05/2007Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell16/05/2007ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
David Howarth22/05/2007CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heath25/07/2007Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan RuddockUnknownWithdrawn

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