PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Indefinite leave to remain for health and social care workers (19 July 2020)

Motion Details

That this House recognises the invaluable role of foreign nationals working in the health and social care sector on the frontline of the covid-19 outbreak; applauds their brave and unwavering hard work in the face of such unprecedented and difficult circumstances to ensure people get the care they need; notes that the Government’s announcement of a one-year visa extension excludes many of those working on the frontline, including cleaners and social care workers; further notes foreign nationals eligible for that extension will still need to renew their visa next year at an approximate cost of £700 or leave the country; believes that those measures do not go far enough and that those people who have put their lives at risk for the country should be welcome to live in it; further believes that the only meaningful way to recognise and celebrate the contributions of foreign nationals working in the health and social care sector is to grant them indefinite leave to remain; and calls on the Government to grant indefinite leave to remain in the UK to all foreign nationals currently working in health and social care, and to their families.

Sponsored by:
Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Liberal Democrat
11
28%
 
 
Labour
9
23%
 
 
Independent
5
13%
 
 
Scottish National Party
5
13%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
3
8%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
3
8%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2
5%
 
 
Green Party
1
3%
 
 
Alliance
1
3%
 
Sponsor List (40 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Paula Barker
Liverpool Wavertree
Ind
Apsana Begum
Poplar and Limehouse
Ind
Ian Byrne
Liverpool West Derby
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
LD
Wendy Chamberlain
North East Fife
LD
Daisy Cooper
St Albans
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
SNP
Martin Docherty-Hughes
SNP
Allan Dorans
SDLP
Colum Eastwood
Foyle
Ind
Jonathan Edwards
LD
Tim Farron
Westmorland and Lonsdale
APNI
Stephen Farry
DUP
Paul Girvan
Lab
Andrew Gwynne
Gorton and Denton
SDLP
Claire Hanna
Belfast South and Mid Down
Lab
Mike Hill
LD
Wera Hobhouse
Bath
LD
Christine Jardine (Sponsor)
Edinburgh West
Lab
Kim Johnson
Liverpool Riverside
PC
Ben Lake
Ceredigion Preseli
Lab
Clive Lewis
Norwich South
Lab
Tony Lloyd
Green
Caroline Lucas
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
SNP
Anne McLaughlin
LD
Layla Moran
Oxford West and Abingdon
LD
Sarah Olney
Richmond Park
Lab
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Clapham and Brixton Hill
Lab
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
Lab
Mr Virendra Sharma
SNP
Tommy Sheppard
SNP
Chris Stephens
LD
Jamie Stone
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Ind
Claudia Webbe
PC
Hywel Williams
LD
Munira Wilson
Twickenham
DUP
Sammy Wilson
East Antrim

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