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Proposed Changes To Domestic Worker Visa

EDM number 992 in 2007-08, proposed by Chris McCafferty on 21/02/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Employment and Immigration.

That this House notes the vulnerability of migrant domestic workers to exploitation and forced labour and the benefits of the existing domestic worker visa, which does not allow recourse to public funds, but does give the right to change employer, renew a visa (if in work) and apply for settlement after five years; believes strongly that the proposal to introduce a business visitor visa that will remove the right to change employer and restrict the maximum stay to six months will dramatically increase the power of abusive employers and the incidence of domestic slavery in the UK; and therefore strongly urges the Government to drop this proposal and retain the protections in the current visa system.

This motion has been signed by a total of 93 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Chris McCafferty21/02/2008Calder ValleyLabourProposed
John Bercow21/02/2008BuckinghamConservativeSeconded
Bob Russell21/02/2008ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley21/02/2008Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Mike Hancock21/02/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Keith Vaz21/02/2008Leicester EastLabourSeconded
Andrew George21/02/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
John Battle21/02/2008Leeds WestLabourSigned
David Taylor21/02/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Katy Clark21/02/2008North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Si21/02/2008Swansea EastLabourSigned
Linda Riordan21/02/2008HalifaxLabourSigned
Julie Morgan21/02/2008Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Mark Durkan22/02/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Richard Younger-Ross22/02/2008TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Francis22/02/2008AberavonLabourSigned
Nigel Evans22/02/2008Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
David Drew22/02/2008StroudLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore22/02/2008HendonLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins22/02/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones25/02/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Karen Buck25/02/2008Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton25/02/2008GowerLabourSigned
Hywel Williams25/02/2008CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Jim Devine26/02/2008LivingstonLabourSigned
Michael Clapham26/02/2008Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Alan Meale26/02/2008MansfieldLabourSigned
Janet Dean26/02/2008BurtonLabourSigned
Rudi Vis27/02/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Hemming27/02/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech27/02/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt29/02/2008SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes03/03/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell03/03/2008Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Hugh Bayley03/03/2008City of YorkLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell03/03/2008Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson04/03/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Clive Efford04/03/2008ElthamLabourSigned
Vincent Cable05/03/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Burden06/03/2008Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Mark Williams06/03/2008CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen10/03/2008Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Bill Etherington11/03/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley11/03/2008RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Burstow17/03/2008Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Tim Farron17/03/2008Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Diane Abbott18/03/2008Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Patrick Hall18/03/2008BedfordLabourSigned
Lynne Featherstone19/03/2008Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
John Greenway20/03/2008RyedaleConservativeSigned
Eric Illsley25/03/2008Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland25/03/2008Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Oaten27/03/2008WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cunningham27/03/2008Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Don Foster31/03/2008BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Jennifer Willott01/04/2008Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Soulsby02/04/2008Leicester SouthLabourSigned
Paul Rowen02/04/2008RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Sarah Teather03/04/2008Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Christopher Huhne21/04/2008EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Wood21/04/2008Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Graham Brady21/04/2008Altrincham and Sale WestConservativeSigned
Doug Naysmith21/04/2008Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Kate Hoey21/04/2008VauxhallLabourSigned
Marsha Singh22/04/2008Bradford WestLabourSigned
Linda Gilroy22/04/2008Plymouth, SuttonLabourSigned
Ian Stewart22/04/2008EcclesLabourSigned
Annette Brooke23/04/2008Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Alistair Carmichael13/05/2008Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson14/05/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Keen15/05/2008Feltham and HestonLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard19/05/2008WalthamstowLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar19/05/2008Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Gavin Strang22/05/2008Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Susan Kramer22/05/2008Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Reid02/06/2008Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian McCartney03/06/2008MakerfieldLabourSigned
Graham Stringer03/06/2008Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Angus Robertson10/06/2008MorayScottish National PartySigned
David Crausby10/06/2008Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews12/06/2008MedwayLabourSigned
Michael Weir12/06/2008AngusScottish National PartySigned
Betty Williams18/06/2008ConwyLabourSigned
John Austin30/06/2008Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Jim Cousins07/07/2008Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy08/07/2008Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Desmond Turner14/07/2008Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
David Howarth21/07/2008CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Begg06/10/2008Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Clive Betts06/10/2008Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Jeremy Browne06/10/2008TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Virendra Sharma27/10/2008Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Jon TrickettUnknownWithdrawn

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