LEGAL RIGHT FOR FORMER GURKHAS TO LIVE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Early day motion 1, tabled 3 December 2008 by Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 109 members.

That this House believes that former Gurkha soldiers who served in the British Army for more than four years should be treated fairly and have the legal right to live in the United Kingdom; and calls on the Government to introduce legislation to grant those who left the Army before 1997 the same rights of residence in the UK as those who have left since 1997.

Signatures by party: Labour 43, Liberal Democrat 40, Conservative 11, DUP 5, Independent 5, Plaid Cymru 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Scottish National Party 1.