Quaker MP brings ‘right to work’ bill

A Quaker MP has brought a bill to parliament seeking to give asylum seekers the right to work

by Rebecca Hardy 15th March 2019

Quaker Catharine West, MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, brought a bill to parliament last month seeking to give asylum seekers the right to work. The MP brought the bill after a sustained ‘Lift the Ban’ campaign with cross-party support from Conservatives including Dame Caroline Spelman, Liberal Democrat Christine Jardine, Green Caroline Lucas and SNP Deidre Brock as co-sponsors.