MPs vote against protecting the EU right to live and work in the UK
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Version 0 of 1. The House of Commons has voted down a motion to protect the rights of EU nationals to live and work in the UK after Brexit. MPs voted 293 to 250 against the non-binding early day motion put forward by the Scottish National Party (SNP) Justice and Home Affairs spokesperson Joanna Cherry. Ms Cherry's motion read as follows: "That this House recognises the contribution that nationals from other countries in the EU have made to the UK; and calls on the Government to ensure that all nationals from other countries in the EU who have made the UK their home retain their current rights, including the rights to live and work in the UK, should the UK exit the EU." Ms Cherry told the Commons: "It is nearly four months since the EU referendum, and the long-term status of non-UK EU nationals living in the United Kingdom is still unclear, just as the Government are still without a plan or a negotiating strategy for the Brexit that they accidentally delivered. "The status of millions of our fellow workers, friends and neighbours is uncertain. That is simply not good enough. "In the meantime, in England and Wales hate crime has soared and xenophobic rhetoric is common in the mainstream media and, sadly, sometimes in the mouths of Ministers." Minister for Immigration Robert Goodwill responded to the SNP spokeswoman by stating the government aspires to protect the interests of EU citizens living in the UK. He told the House: "My job this afternoon is to reassure the House of our aspirations to protect the interests of EU citizens living in the UK and to counter some of the scaremongering that we have just heard." Mr Goodwill criticised Ms Cherry's motion for stating "should the UK exit the EU" instead of "when the UK exit the UK". He reiterated the Prime Minister's pledge "that Brexit means Brexit". Following the Brexit vote, there was a surge in UK citizens seeking applying for citizenship in EU member states such as Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Ireland. Here is the list of MPs who voted against the motion: Adams, Nigel Afriyie, Adam Aldous, Peter Allan, Lucy Allen, Heidi Amess, Sir David Andrew, Stuart Ansell, Caroline Argar, Edward Atkins, Victoria Baker, Steve Baldwin, Harriett Barclay, Stephen Baron, John Barwell, Gavin Bebb, Guto Bellingham, Sir Henry Benyon, Richard Beresford, Sir Paul Berry, Jake Berry, James Bingham, Andrew Blackman, Bob Blackwood, Nicola Boles, Nick Bone, Peter Borwick, Victoria Bottomley, Sir Peter Bradley, Karen Brady, Graham Brazier, Julian Bridgen, Andrew Brine, Steve Brokenshire, James Bruce, Fiona Buckland, Robert Burns, Conor Burns, Sir Simon Burrowes, Mr David Carmichael, Neil Cartlidge, James Cash, Sir William Caulfield, Maria Chalk, Alex Chishti, Rehman Chope, Christopher Churchill, Jo Cleverly, James Clifton-Brown, Geoffrey Coffey, Dr Thérèse Collins, Damian Colvile, Oliver Cox, Geoffrey Crabb, Stephen Crouch, Tracey Davies, Chris Davies, David T. C. Davies, Glyn Davies, Dr James Davies, Mims Davies, Philip Davis, David Dinenage, Caroline Djanogly, Jonathan Donaldson, Sir Jeffrey Donelan, Michelle Double, Steve Dowden, Oliver Doyle-Price, Jackie Drax, Richard Drummond, Flick Duddridge, James Duncan Smith, Iain Dunne, Philip Ellis, Michael Ellison, Jane Ellwood, Tobias Elphicke, Charlie Evans, Graham Evans, Nigel Evennett, David Fabricant, Michael Fallon, Sir Michael Fernandes, Suella Field, Mark Foster, Kevin Fox, Dr Liam Francois, Mark Frazer, Lucy Freeman, George Freer, Mike Fuller, Richard Fysh, Marcus Gale, Sir Roger Garnier, Sir Edward Garnier, Mark Gauke, David Ghani, Nusrat Gibb, Nick Gillan, Cheryl Glen, John Goodwill, Robert Gove, Michael Graham, Richard Grant, Helen Grayling, Chris Green, Chris Green, Damian Grieve, Dominic Griffiths, Andrew Gummer, Ben Gyimah, Sam Halfon, Robert Hall, Luke Hammond, Philip Hammond, Stephen Hancock, Matt Hands, Greg Harper, Mark Harris, Rebecca Hart, Simon Haselhurst, Sir Alan Heald, Sir Oliver Heappey, James Heaton-Jones, Peter Henderson, Gordon Herbert, Nick Hoare, Simon Hollingbery, George Hollinrake, Kevin Hollobone, Philip Hopkins, Kris Howarth, Sir Gerald Howell, John Howlett, Ben Huddleston, Nigel Hunt, Jeremy Jackson, Stewart James, Margot Javid, Sajid Jayawardena, Ranil Jenkin, Bernard Jenkyns, Andrea Jenrick, Robert Johnson, Boris Johnson, Gareth Johnson, Joseph Jones, Andrew Jones, David Jones, Marcus Kennedy, Seema Kirby, Simon Knight, Sir Greg Knight, Julian Kwarteng, Kwasi Lancaster, Mark Latham, Pauline Leadsom, Andrea Lee, Dr Phillip Lefroy, Jeremy Leigh, Sir Edward Leslie, Charlotte Letwin, Sir Oliver Lewis, Brandon Lewis, Dr Julian Lidington, David Lilley, Peter Lopresti, Jack Lord, Jonathan Loughton, Tim Mackinlay, Craig Mackintosh, David Mak, Alan Mann, Scott May, Theresa Maynard, Paul McCartney, Karl McLoughlin, Sir Patrick McPartland, Stephen Menzies, Mark Mercer, Johnny Merriman, Huw Metcalfe, Stephen Miller, Maria Milling, Amanda Mills, Nigel Milton, Anne Mitchell, Andrew Mordaunt, Penny Morris, Anne Marie Morris, David Morris, James Morton, Wendy Mowat, David Mundell, David Murray, Sheryll Murrison, Dr Andrew Neill, Robert Newton, Sarah Nokes, Caroline Norman, Jesse Nuttall, David Offord, Dr Matthew Opperman, Guy Paisley, Ian Parish, Neil Paterson, Owen Pawsey, Mark Penning, Mike Penrose, John Percy, Andrew Perry, Claire Philp, Chris Pickles, Sir Eric Poulter, Dr Daniel Pow, Rebecca Prentis, Victoria Prisk, Mark Pritchard, Mark Pursglove, Tom Quin, Jeremy Quince, Will Redwood, John Rees-Mogg, Jacob Robertson, Laurence Robinson, Gavin Robinson, Mary Rosindell, Andrew Rudd, Amber Rutley, David Sandbach, Antoinette Scully, Paul Selous, Andrew Shannon, Jim Shapps, Grant Sharma, Alok Shelbrooke, Alec Simpson, Keith Skidmore, Chris Smith, Henry Smith, Julian Soames, Sir Nicholas Solloway, Amanda Spelman, Dame Caroline Spencer, Mark Stephenson, Andrew Stevenson, John Stewart, Bob Stewart, Iain Stewart, Rory Streeter, Mr Gary Stride, Mel Stuart, Graham Sturdy, Julian Sunak, Rishi Swayne, Sir Desmond Swire, Sir Hugo Syms, Robert Thomas, Derek Throup, Maggie Timpson, Edward Tolhurst, Kelly Tomlinson, Justin Tomlinson, Michael Tracey, Craig Tredinnick, David Trevelyan, Anne-Marie Truss, Elizabeth Turner, Andrew Tyrie, Andrew Vaizey, Edward Vara, Shailesh Vickers, Martin Villiers, Theresa Walker, Charles Walker, Robin Wallace, Ben Warburton, David Warman, Matt Wharton, James Whately, Helen Wheeler, Heather White, Chris Whittaker, Craig Whittingdale, John Wiggin, Bill Williams, Craig Williamson, Gavin Wilson, Rob Wilson, Sammy Wood, Mike Wragg, William Wright, Jeremy |