Lib Dem Christine Jardine Fights for Healthcare Workers' Rights to Get Indefinite Leave to Remain as Tories Axe Bills.

17 Jan 2021

The Government must take on my Bill to give NHS heroes the right to live in the UK

We will continue fighting for healthcare workers' rights after my Bill to give them the indefinite leave to remain was effectively axed by the Tory government.
EU NHS Workers

By Christine Jardine, Jan 14, 2021 1:01

I tabled the Immigration (Health and Social Care Staff) Bill 2019-21, which was due for its second reading on Friday.

Lib Dems will continue to fight for healthcare workers' rights

But the Government have decided to axe all sitting Fridays until the end of March, meaning dozens of Private Members Bills will effectively be shut down.

My Bill proposed that all health and social care staff from outside the EU would be granted indefinite leave to remain, giving the peace of mind about their immigration status and granting them rights enjoyed by British citizens.

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Like the rest of our wonderful NHS and care staff, hundreds of thousands of people from other countries are on the frontlines of the Covid pandemic, putting themselves in harm's way to make sure we get the care we need.

The UK should say, loudly and unequivocally, that those who have put their lives at risk for our country are welcome to live in it.

That's what my Bill would do, and I am deeply disappointed that the Government is not even letting it be debated in Parliament.

I am not giving up. I will urge Ministers again to make Government time available to pass this urgent legislation, which has cross-party support.

The idea that anyone who has worked so hard to save lives during this emergency might one day be forced to leave should be unthinkable.

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