PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
THE HOME SECRETARY AND THE ABOLITION OF THE PRIMARY PURPOSE RULE (4 June 1997)
Motion Details
That this House congratulates the Home Secretary on his decision to abolish the Primary Purpose Rule; notes the fact that the rule was pernicious, arbitrary and ineffective; and considers that this historic change is an important first step to restoring justice to immigration policy and will unite families that have been cruelly separated.
Sponsored by:
Keith Vaz (Labour)
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Party
Votes
%
Labour
134
88%
Independent
10
7%
Liberal Democrat
5
3%
Not Available
1
1%
The Independent Group for Change
1
1%
Workers Party of Britain
1
1%
Sponsor List (152 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lab
Ms Candy Atherton
Lab
Charlotte Atkins
Lab
John Austin
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Dame Anne Begg
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Lab
Andrew Bennett
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Lab
Mr Gerry Bermingham
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Lab
Lord Bilston
Lab
Liz Blackman
Lab
Peter Bradley
Lab
Mr Ben Bradshaw
Lab
Ms Karen Buck
Lab
Richard Burden
Lab
Mrs Anne Campbell
Lab
Sir Alan Campbell
Tynemouth
Lab
Roger Casale
Lab
Ben Chapman
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
Lab
Ann Clwyd
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Mr Tony Colman
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Lab
Tam Dalyell
Lab
Valerie Davey
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Ind
Dame Louise Ellman
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
Lab
Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Mr Michael Foster
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
WPB
George Galloway
IGC
Mike Gapes
Lab
Barry Gardiner
Brent West
Lab
Mr Bruce George
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Mr Tommy Graham
Lab
Bernie Grant
Lab
Mr John Gunnell
Lab
Patrick Hall
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Lab
Mr John Heppell
Ind
Ms Patricia Hewitt
Lab
Mr David Hinchliffe
Lab
Baroness Hodge of Barking
Lab
Phil Hope
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Lab
Lord Hutton of Furness
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Helen Jackson
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
Lab
Miss Melanie Johnson
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Lab
Ms Jenny Jones
Lab
Alan Keen
Lab
Ann Keen
Lab
Ruth Kelly
Lab
Mr Fraser Kemp
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
Mr Bob Laxton
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis
Lab
Martin Linton
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
Lab
Mr David Lock
Lab
Andrew Mackinlay
Lab
Mr Denis MacShane
Lab
Fiona Mactaggart
Lab
Alice Mahon
Lab
Judy Mallaber
Lab
Mr Jim Marshall
Lab
Steve McCabe
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Lab
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Mitcham and Morden
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Shona McIsaac
Lab
Rosemary McKenna
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Tony McNulty
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Ind
Margaret Moran
Lab
Mr Chris Mullin
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
Lab
Lord Pendry
Lab
Linda Perham
Lab
Mr Colin Pickthall
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Mr Chris Pond
Lab
Mr Ken Purchase
Lab
Lawrie Quinn
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
LD
Mr David Rendel
Lab
Mr Allan Rogers
Lab
Mr Terry Rooney
Lab
Mr Ernie Ross
Lab
Chris Ruane
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
Lab
Martin Salter
LD
Mr Brian Sedgemore
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Baroness Smith of Malvern
LD
Angela Smith
Lab
John Smith
Lab
Lord Soley
Lab
Rachel Squire
Lab
Dr Phyllis Starkey
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Lab
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
Lab
David Taylor
Lab
Gareth Thomas
Harrow West
Lab
Sir Stephen Timms
East Ham
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Lab
Stephen Twigg
Lab
Keith Vaz (Sponsor)
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
LD
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Lab
Joan Walley
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Lab
Lord Watts
Lab
Brian White
Lab
Dr Alan Williams
Lab
Mr David Winnick
Lab
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
Lab
Mr Phil Woolas
Lab
Derek Wyatt
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