Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Martin Salter (Labour), on Tuesday, 28 April 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 162 members in total.

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SETTLEMENT FOR FORMER GURKHA SOLDIERS AND THE HOME AFFAIRS SELECT COMMITTEE

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.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1362 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Keith Vaz

Patrick Mercer

Gwyn Prosser

Janet Dean

Bob Russell

Subjects

Immigration Asia Veterans

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk