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Yes why not. Can contact him again due to the minister change...fairandsquare wrote:Shall I write to him again to chase the development? The letter was issued just a day after my email was sent (16th May). I take it as a fairly positve feedback, but he is not going to sign the EDM!!
Further to the letter I received from my MP on the 17th May, I have received another letter from him dated on the 7 June:fairandsquare wrote:Hi
I`ve got reply from my local MP - Andrew MacKay, Bracknell, dated on the 17th May, 2006
" Dear XXX,
Thank you for yesterday's email the contents of which I have carefully noted. I am not able to sign these Early Day Motions but will raise your concerns with the Home Secretary immediately.
I will keep you informed of developments.
With best wishes,
Andrew MacKay"
Shall I write to him again to chase the development? The letter was issued just a day after my email was sent (16th May). I take it as a fairly positve feedback, but he is not going to sign the EDM!![/quote]
fairandsquare wrote:Further to the letter I received from my MP on the 17th May, I have received another letter from him dated on the 7 June:fairandsquare wrote:Hi
I`ve got reply from my local MP - Andrew MacKay, Bracknell, dated on the 17th May, 2006
" Dear XXX,
Thank you for yesterday's email the contents of which I have carefully noted. I am not able to sign these Early Day Motions but will raise your concerns with the Home Secretary immediately.
I will keep you informed of developments.
With best wishes,
Andrew MacKay"
Shall I write to him again to chase the development? The letter was issued just a day after my email was sent (16th May). I take it as a fairly positve feedback, but he is not going to sign the EDM!![/quote]
" Dear XXX,
I have just received a response from the Home Secretary which I thought you ought to see immediately.
Andrew MacKay"
He attached the original letter, which was written by John Reid to him:
"Dear Andrew,
Thank you for your letter on behalf of XXX, about the change in minimum qualifying period for settlement.
The change in the minimum qualifying period for settlement was announced by the Government in February 2005 in its paper 'Controlling Our Borders: the Five Year Strategy for Asylum and Immigration'. The Governmnet consulted extensively on many of the new elements contained in that paper, principally the points based system. In the period between February and now, the time of the actural rules change, the Government has not received any views on the change on the qualifying period for settlement.
This brings us into line with practice in other countries, where 5-years is the common pattern, and helps to ensure that settlement is a final stage in an ongoing process of building up an attachment to the UK.
The change does not affect anyone's right to remain and work in the UK; anyone with valid leave to remain and who is continuing in employment will qualify to remain as before and should have no difficulty in completing the fifth year.
I should also explain theat the UK does not pass retrospective legislation. It passes legislation that takes effect from the date it is passed or later. This means that it applies to those who currently have leave to remain, but the effect that XXX describes would be unavoidable wherever and in whatever circumstances we changed the qualifying period.
Kind regards,
John Reid"
That's the direct response from the Home Secretary, how negative it is!
So, in February 2005 they knew about introduction of the new rules, i.e. they had more than a year to prepare new application forms. However, these application forms has not been available till now. It is strange, isn't it?.. Unless HO lies about its real intentions.
The change in the minimum qualifying period for settlement was announced by the Government in February 2005 in its paper 'Controlling Our Borders: the Five Year Strategy for Asylum and Immigration'.