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This motion has been signed by a total of 94 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jon Cruddas27/04/2007DagenhamLabourProposed
Diane Abbott27/04/2007Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSeconded
Evan Harris27/04/2007Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSeconded
John Bercow27/04/2007BuckinghamConservativeSeconded
Neil Gerrard27/04/2007WalthamstowLabourSeconded
Karen Buck27/04/2007Seconded
Bob Spink27/04/2007Castle PointConservativeSigned
Peter Bottomley30/04/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Hywel Francis30/04/2007AberavonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn30/04/2007Newport WestLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz30/04/2007Edinburgh North & LeithLabourSigned
Gerald Kaufman30/04/2007Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Lynne Jones30/04/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Peter Soulsby01/05/2007Leicester SouthLabourSigned
John Battle01/05/2007Leeds WestLabourSigned
Mike Hancock01/05/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Gibson01/05/2007Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Andrew George01/05/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean01/05/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Martin Caton01/05/2007GowerLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne01/05/2007Ayr, Carrick & CumnockLabourSigned
Alan Meale01/05/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins01/05/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Bob Russell01/05/2007ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis02/05/2007Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Ann Cryer02/05/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn02/05/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty02/05/2007Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd02/05/2007Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson02/05/2007Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Clare Short03/05/2007Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
David Anderson03/05/2007BlaydonLabourSigned
John Leech08/05/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams08/05/2007ConwyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington08/05/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore08/05/2007HendonLabourSigned
Harry Cohen08/05/2007Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
John Grogan09/05/2007SelbyLabourSigned
Gavin Strang10/05/2007Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Ian Stewart10/05/2007EcclesLabourSigned
Roger Berry10/05/2007KingswoodLabourSigned
Mark Durkan10/05/2007FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Michael Clapham10/05/2007Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Colin Breed10/05/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Olner10/05/2007NuneatonLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews10/05/2007MedwayLabourSigned
Bob Laxton10/05/2007Derby NorthLabourSigned
David Howarth14/05/2007CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Dari Taylor14/05/2007Stockton SouthLabourSigned
Norman Baker14/05/2007LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Dobson14/05/2007Holborn & St PancrasLabourSigned
Khalid Mahmood14/05/2007Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Nick Harvey14/05/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson14/05/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar14/05/2007Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
David Clelland15/05/2007Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Tom Clarke15/05/2007Coatbridge, Chryston & BellshillLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell15/05/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Keith Vaz16/05/2007Leicester EastLabourSigned
Lyn Brown16/05/2007West HamLabourSigned
David Chaytor17/05/2007Bury NorthLabourSigned
Albert Owen17/05/2007Ynys MLabourSigned
Julie Morgan17/05/2007Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Paul Rowen18/05/2007RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Moffat21/05/2007East LothianLabourSigned
David Hamilton21/05/2007MidlothianLabourSigned
Jim Devine24/05/2007LivingstonLabourSigned
Mark Fisher24/05/2007Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood04/06/2007Lanark & Hamilton EastLabourSigned
Colin Challen04/06/2007Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
John Austin04/06/2007Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Mike Wood05/06/2007Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin05/06/2007Heywood & MiddletonLabourSigned
George Mudie06/06/2007Leeds EastLabourSigned
Joan Walley06/06/2007Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
David Curry07/06/2007Skipton & RiponConservativeSigned
Jon Trickett07/06/2007HemsworthLabourSigned
Mark Williams15/06/2007CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Clive Efford18/06/2007ElthamLabourSigned
Linda Riordan20/06/2007HalifaxLabourSigned
David Lepper25/06/2007Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Louise Ellman25/06/2007Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Edward Davey27/06/2007Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Connarty27/06/2007Linlithgow & Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Marsha Singh27/06/2007Bradford WestLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt04/07/2007Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
John Gummer05/07/2007Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
Jim Sheridan25/07/2007Paisley & Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Richard Burden25/07/2007Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Desmond Turner26/07/2007Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
David Heyes08/10/2007Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland08/10/2007Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Dawn Butler17/10/2007Brent SouthLabourSigned
Joan RuddockUnknownWithdrawn

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