Settlement For Former Gurkha Soldiers And The Home Affairs Select Committee

EDM number 1362 in 2008-09, proposed by Martin Salter on 28/04/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Immigration and Veterans.

That this House believes that the new guidelines announced by the Home Office for the settlement of former Gurkha soldiers are unnecessarily restrictive, morally wrong and offensive to those dedicated Gurkha soldiers who are denied the opportunity to serve for the 20 year minimum period afforded to those of the rank of Warrant Officer and above; supports the decision of the Home Affairs Select Committee to call Ministers from the Home Office and Ministry of Defence to examine the consequences of this decision and to ascertain how many former Gurkhas would qualify for settlement and how many of the approximately 1,500 Gurkhas, including Falklands veterans, currently awaiting the outcome of their appeals would face deportation under the new guidelines; and calls on the Government to withdraw these guidelines and bring forward a new and more equitable ruling.

This motion has been signed by a total of 164 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Martin Salter	28/04/2009	Reading West	Labour	Proposed
Bob Russell	28/04/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Patrick Mercer	28/04/2009	Newark	Conservative	Seconded
Keith Vaz	28/04/2009	Leicester East	Labour	Seconded
Gwyn Prosser	28/04/2009	Dover	Labour	Seconded
Janet Dean	28/04/2009	Burton	Labour	Seconded
Patrick Hall	28/04/2009	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	28/04/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Baldry	28/04/2009	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Kevin Barron	28/04/2009	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
John Battle	28/04/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	28/04/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	28/04/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	28/04/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Fisher	28/04/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	28/04/2009	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	28/04/2009	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	28/04/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Drew	28/04/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	28/04/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	28/04/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	28/04/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	28/04/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Virendra Sharma	28/04/2009	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	28/04/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	28/04/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	28/04/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Angela Smith	28/04/2009	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	28/04/2009	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	28/04/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	28/04/2009	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	28/04/2009	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Michael Weir	28/04/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Steve Webb	28/04/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paddy Tipping	28/04/2009	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	28/04/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Ian Taylor	28/04/2009	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	28/04/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	28/04/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	28/04/2009	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	28/04/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	28/04/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	28/04/2009	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Michael Howard	28/04/2009	Folkestone & Hythe	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	28/04/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	28/04/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Hoey	28/04/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	28/04/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Dai Havard	28/04/2009	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
John Smith	28/04/2009	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	28/04/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	28/04/2009	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	28/04/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	28/04/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	28/04/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	28/04/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
John Mann	28/04/2009	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	28/04/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	28/04/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	28/04/2009	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	28/04/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	28/04/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	28/04/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	28/04/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	28/04/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	28/04/2009			Signed
Tom Brake	28/04/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	28/04/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	28/04/2009	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	28/04/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elliot Morley	28/04/2009	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	28/04/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	28/04/2009	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Roger Berry	29/04/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	29/04/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Ancram	29/04/2009	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	29/04/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	29/04/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	29/04/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	29/04/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Phil Willis	29/04/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	29/04/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Pete Wishart	29/04/2009	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lorely Burt	29/04/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	29/04/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James McGovern	29/04/2009	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	29/04/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	29/04/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Nigel Evans	29/04/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Louise Ellman	29/04/2009	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	29/04/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	29/04/2009	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	29/04/2009	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Adrian Sanders	29/04/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	29/04/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Robert Smith	29/04/2009	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	29/04/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	29/04/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	29/04/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Michael Clapham	29/04/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	29/04/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	29/04/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Bill Olner	29/04/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	29/04/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	29/04/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Greg Mulholland	30/04/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	30/04/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	30/04/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	30/04/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Nick Ainger	30/04/2009	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	30/04/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	30/04/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	30/04/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	30/04/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Laws	30/04/2009	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/04/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Amess	05/05/2009	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/05/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Howard Stoate	05/05/2009	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	05/05/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Stewart Hosie	05/05/2009	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Paul Rowen	05/05/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	05/05/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	05/05/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	05/05/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	05/05/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	05/05/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/05/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	05/05/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	05/05/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	05/05/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Alan Meale	05/05/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	05/05/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Lembit	05/05/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	06/05/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	06/05/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
James Gray	06/05/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Osborne	06/05/2009	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	07/05/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	07/05/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	07/05/2009	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	07/05/2009	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	07/05/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	07/05/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Judy Mallaber	07/05/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	08/05/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	11/05/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	11/05/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	11/05/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	11/05/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	12/05/2009	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	12/05/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	13/05/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	13/05/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	14/05/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	20/05/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Austin	01/06/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/06/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	01/06/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	03/06/2009	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	22/06/2009	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nigel Dodds	02/07/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
David Kidney	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn

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