Early Day Motions

BRITISH PASSPORTS FOR UK RESIDENTS

EDM (Early Day Motion) 737: tabled on 11 October 2005

Tabled in the 2005-06 session.

This motion has been signed by 16 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House acknowledges the significant anomaly which exists in Northern Ireland whereby people in Northern Ireland who were not born in the Republic of Ireland can choose to have an Irish passport with no naturalisation process being required, while those born in the Republic since 1949, but living for many years since in Northern Ireland paying UK taxes and voting in UK elections can only choose to have a British passport after going through such a naturalisation process; and calls upon the Government to rectify this anomaly as a matter of urgency.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

Campbell, Mr Gregory
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 11 October 2005
East Londonderry
Primary
Donaldson, Mr Jeffrey M.
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 11 October 2005
Lagan Valley
Robinson, Mrs Iris
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 11 October 2005
Strangford
Robinson, Mr Peter
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 11 October 2005
Belfast East
Dodds, Mr Nigel
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 11 October 2005
Belfast North
Wilson, Sammy
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 11 October 2005
East Antrim

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Bottomley, Sir Peter
Conservative
Signed on 14 October 2005
Worthing West
Cryer, Mrs Ann
Labour
Signed on 17 October 2005
Keighley
Hemming, John
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 21 October 2005
Birmingham, Yardley
Jones, Mr David
Conservative
Signed on 19 October 2005
Clwyd West
McCrea, Rev Dr William
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 18 October 2005
South Antrim
Paisley, The Reverend Ian
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 14 October 2005
North Antrim
Pelling, Mr Andrew
Conservative
Signed on 18 October 2005
Croydon Central
Simpson, David
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 20 October 2005
Upper Bann
Wilshire, Mr David
Conservative
Signed on 18 October 2005
Spelthorne
Winterton, Sir Nicholas
Conservative
Signed on 12 October 2005
Macclesfield

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.