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Let Them Work Campaign

EDM number 960 in 2008-09, proposed by Lynne Jones on 03/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Asylum.

That this House welcomes the Let Them Work campaign to allow asylum seekers permission to work while they are waiting for a decision about their claim; notes with concern that asylum seekers who fled persecution in their own countries are among the most vulnerable people in the UK and are being denied the opportunity to work to support themselves and their families, to pay taxes, and to contribute to the economy; is additionally concerned about the situation of those asylum seekers without status who are unable to return home, many of whom spend years in limbo and are reliant on charity hand-outs or forced into illegal work just to survive; is alarmed that this leaves already vulnerable people open to destitution and exploitation; and therefore calls on the Government to allow asylum seekers to work if they have been waiting longer than six months for a full resolution on their asylum claim and to ensure that permission to work remains for people whose claim for asylum is refused, but who are unable to return home immediately through no fault of their own.

This motion has been signed by a total of 107 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lynne Jones03/03/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourProposed
Andrew George03/03/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley03/03/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Mark Durkan03/03/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Bob Russell03/03/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Martin Caton04/03/2009GowerLabourSeconded
Alan Simpson04/03/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Brian Iddon04/03/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell04/03/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Ann Cryer04/03/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
David Drew04/03/2009StroudLabourSigned
Robert Wareing04/03/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Stephen Williams04/03/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson05/03/2009Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
David Chaytor05/03/2009Bury NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin05/03/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
John Austin05/03/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland05/03/2009Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins06/03/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard09/03/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Mike Hancock09/03/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Palmer10/03/2009BroxtoweLabourSigned
Clare Short10/03/2009Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Paul Holmes10/03/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn10/03/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Keith Vaz10/03/2009Leicester EastLabourSigned
John Leech10/03/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams10/03/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh11/03/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Evan Harris11/03/2009Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell11/03/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Michael Clapham11/03/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Robert Smith13/03/2009West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Price16/03/2009Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Andrew Dismore16/03/2009HendonLabourSigned
Roger Berry16/03/2009KingswoodLabourSigned
Desmond Turner16/03/2009Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Phil Willis16/03/2009Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Kate Hoey17/03/2009VauxhallLabourSigned
Barry Sheerman18/03/2009HuddersfieldLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell18/03/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt18/03/2009SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd19/03/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Julie Morgan20/03/2009Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Don Foster20/03/2009BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Katy Clark20/03/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Nick Harvey23/03/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Beith23/03/2009Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Sarah Teather23/03/2009Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Williams23/03/2009Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Wood24/03/2009Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Paul Rowen24/03/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Christopher Huhne25/03/2009EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Jennifer Willott25/03/2009Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty26/03/2009Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Ian Stewart27/03/2009EcclesLabourSigned
Tom Brake31/03/2009Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Howarth31/03/2009CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Featherstone01/04/2009Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Alex Salmond02/04/2009Banff and BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Vincent Cable02/04/2009TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson20/04/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Soulsby21/04/2009Leicester SouthLabourSigned
Graham Stuart21/04/2009Beverley and HoldernessConservativeSigned
Alan Meale23/04/2009MansfieldLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael23/04/2009Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim McGovern23/04/2009Dundee WestLabourSigned
Mark Oaten24/04/2009WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Horwood27/04/2009CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter27/04/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
George Galloway07/05/2009Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Diane Abbott07/05/2009Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Richard Burden12/05/2009Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton18/05/2009Leeds North EastLabourSigned
David Amess20/05/2009Southend WestConservativeSigned
Simon Hughes02/06/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Mason02/06/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Colin Challen03/06/2009Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar08/06/2009Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Janet Dean17/06/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Jon Cruddas18/06/2009DagenhamLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell25/06/2009North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Walley25/06/2009Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
David Hamilton26/06/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
Chris Mullin29/06/2009Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Denis Murphy29/06/2009WansbeckLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara29/06/2009Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Ruth Kelly30/06/2009Bolton WestLabourSigned
Norman Lamb01/07/2009North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Brady14/07/2009Altrincham and Sale WestConservativeSigned
Gavin Strang14/07/2009Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Harry Cohen16/07/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce13/10/2009GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Cook13/10/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley13/10/2009RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker13/10/2009LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Banks13/10/2009Ochil and South PerthshireLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy14/10/2009Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Doran16/10/2009Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews19/10/2009MedwayLabourSigned
Michael Connarty19/10/2009Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Frank Dobson09/11/2009Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Edward Davey10/11/2009Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Burstow11/11/2009Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cousins11/11/2009Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Ian GibsonUnknownWithdrawn
John BercowUnknownWithdrawn

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