Lords statement: Gurkhas
22 May 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Lord West of Spithead, Home Office Minister, repeated a ministerial statement on changes to Gurkhas' residency rules.
- Lords Hansard: Gurkhas
- About Parliament: Ministerial statements
- Companion to the Standing Orders in the House of Lords: Statements
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