Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Chris McCafferty (Labour), on Thursday, 21 February 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 92 members in total.

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PROPOSED CHANGES TO DOMESTIC WORKER VISA

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.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

992 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

John Bercow

Peter Bottomley

Keith Vaz

Mike Hancock

Bob Russell

Subjects

Employment Immigration

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk