Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tony Colman (Labour), on Monday, 26 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 35 members in total.
BRITISH CITIZENS AND SAUDI VISAS FOR HAJJ
That this House notes that applications by British citizens for visas to visit Saudi Arabia for the purpose of performing Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam, must be accompanied by return airline tickets; further notes that there is no certainty that a visa will be granted and that the substantial cost of a return fare to Saudi Arabia will be forfeited in the event of a refusal; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to represent to the Saudi authorities on behalf of British Muslims that they should either abolish the requirement to buy a ticket in advance or refund the cost to the ticket to unsuccessful applicants.
Secondary information
- Type
- Early day motion
- Reference
- 481
- Session
- 2003-04
- Subjects
- Entry clearances Visas Saudi Arabia
- Link
- View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2014-09-04 13:35:42 +0100
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/edms/25798
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/edms/25798
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/edms/25798