Strangers Into Citizens Campaign

EDM number 1371 in 2006-07, proposed by Jon Cruddas on 27/04/2007.

That this House recognises the Government's commitment to tighten UK borders and introduce new monitoring and assessment systems into the immigration process; notes the Home Office assessment that up to 500,000 irregular migrants currently live and work in the UK; further recognises that the overwhelming majority of such migrants make a valuable economic contribution despite living under the shadow of illegality; acknowledges the Institute for Public Policy Research estimation that regularisation of certain groups of migrant workers could raise £1 billion in taxes; congratulates the Strangers into Citizens campaign for the one-off regularisation of long-term irregular migrants through a pathway to citizenship; and calls for a full cross-party debate to consider granting a two year work permit to migrants who have lived in the UK for more than four years, following which they would be granted indefinite leave to remain, subject to an English test and positive references from an employer or person of standing in the community.

This motion has been signed by a total of 94 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jon Cruddas	27/04/2007	Dagenham	Labour	Proposed
Diane Abbott	27/04/2007	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Seconded
Evan Harris	27/04/2007	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Bercow	27/04/2007	Buckingham	Conservative	Seconded
Neil Gerrard	27/04/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Seconded
Karen Buck	27/04/2007			Seconded
Bob Spink	27/04/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	30/04/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Francis	30/04/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	30/04/2007	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	30/04/2007	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	30/04/2007	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	30/04/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	01/05/2007	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
John Battle	01/05/2007	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	01/05/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	01/05/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	01/05/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	01/05/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	01/05/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	01/05/2007	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	01/05/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	01/05/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	01/05/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	02/05/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/05/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	02/05/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	02/05/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	02/05/2007	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	02/05/2007	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	03/05/2007	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
David Anderson	03/05/2007	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
John Leech	08/05/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	08/05/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	08/05/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	08/05/2007	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	08/05/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	09/05/2007	Selby	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	10/05/2007	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	10/05/2007	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	10/05/2007	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	10/05/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Michael Clapham	10/05/2007	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	10/05/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	10/05/2007	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	10/05/2007	Medway	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	10/05/2007	Derby North	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	14/05/2007	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dari Taylor	14/05/2007	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	14/05/2007	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Dobson	14/05/2007	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	14/05/2007	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	14/05/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	14/05/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	14/05/2007	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	15/05/2007	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	15/05/2007	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	15/05/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Keith Vaz	16/05/2007	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	16/05/2007	West Ham	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	17/05/2007	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	17/05/2007	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	17/05/2007	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	18/05/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Moffat	21/05/2007	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	21/05/2007	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	24/05/2007	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	24/05/2007	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	04/06/2007	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	04/06/2007	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
John Austin	04/06/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	05/06/2007	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	05/06/2007	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	06/06/2007	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	06/06/2007	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
David Curry	07/06/2007	Skipton & Ripon	Conservative	Signed
Jon Trickett	07/06/2007	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	15/06/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Efford	18/06/2007	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	20/06/2007	Halifax	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	25/06/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	25/06/2007	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	27/06/2007	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Connarty	27/06/2007	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	27/06/2007	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	04/07/2007	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
John Gummer	05/07/2007	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Jim Sheridan	25/07/2007	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	25/07/2007	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	26/07/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	08/10/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	08/10/2007	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dawn Butler	17/10/2007	Brent South	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	Unknown			Withdrawn

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