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This motion has been signed by a total of 93 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Chris McCafferty	21/02/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Proposed
John Bercow	21/02/2008	Buckingham	Conservative	Seconded
Mike Hancock	21/02/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Keith Vaz	21/02/2008	Leicester East	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	21/02/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	21/02/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Linda Riordan	21/02/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Sian James	21/02/2008	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	21/02/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	21/02/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
John Battle	21/02/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	21/02/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	21/02/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	22/02/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	22/02/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	22/02/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Mark Durkan	22/02/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Drew	22/02/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	22/02/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	22/02/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	25/02/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Martin Caton	25/02/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	25/02/2008			Signed
Lynne Jones	25/02/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	26/02/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	26/02/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	26/02/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	26/02/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
John Leech	27/02/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	27/02/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	27/02/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	29/02/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	03/03/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	03/03/2008	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	03/03/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Paul Holmes	03/03/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/03/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	04/03/2008	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	05/03/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	06/03/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	06/03/2008	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	10/03/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	11/03/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	11/03/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	17/03/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	17/03/2008	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Hall	18/03/2008	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	18/03/2008	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	19/03/2008	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Greenway	20/03/2008	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
Eric Illsley	25/03/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	25/03/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	27/03/2008	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	27/03/2008	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	31/03/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	01/04/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Soulsby	02/04/2008	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	02/04/2008	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	03/04/2008	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Hoey	21/04/2008	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	21/04/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	21/04/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	21/04/2008	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Wood	21/04/2008	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	22/04/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	22/04/2008	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	22/04/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	23/04/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	13/05/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	14/05/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Keen	15/05/2008	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	19/05/2008	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	19/05/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	22/05/2008	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	22/05/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	02/06/2008	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	03/06/2008	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	03/06/2008	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	10/06/2008	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Crausby	10/06/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	12/06/2008	Medway	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	12/06/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Betty Williams	18/06/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Austin	30/06/2008	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	07/07/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	08/07/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	14/07/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	21/07/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	06/10/2008	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Betts	06/10/2008	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	06/10/2008	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	27/10/2008	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	Unknown			Withdrawn

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