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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to impose compulsory checks on overseas workers. More details
Submitted by MIss Emma Thompson – Deadline to sign up by: 07 April 2010 – Signatures: 71
More details from petition creator
Overseas workers, like all people in contact with children, vulnerable adults or those working in high security positions, are required undergo a CRB check. However the CRB currently only covers time spent in the UK and does not highlight any criminal record acquired before entering the UK. Currently any further investigations are not compulsory and it is up to the employer to liaise with The Overseas Information Service to obtain a background check in the person’s country of origin. It can safely be assumed that this additional diligence is not widely taken up, as it presents an extra investment of valuable time and resources to employers. The current situation has deeply troubling implications for health care and airport security sectors. The current situation is wholly unacceptable and I would like the government to make it compulsory for companies to contact the overseas information service as a matter of course, in order to check the background of employees who have not lived in the UK since birth.
Current signatories
MIss Emma Thompson, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Catherine
- Sara Edgington
- Jenna Griffiths
- Hannah Sass
- Joe
- Sam Smith
- dp
- Melodie Orchison
- Mark Marler
- Andrew Wilson
- david milne
- Lauren Elizabeth Kelly
- Thomas Coupe
- elizabeth ann kelly
- Jake Norris
- Graham Leigh
- Daniel Mead
- Ryan Edwards
- Emily
- Mark Howarth
- Simon Hastings-Jones
- Beverly Howarth
- Dave Emery
- Lesley Thompson
- Lauren Drake
- Chris Doyle
- oliver denyer
- Ali Schorah
- David Brogelli
- Mary McGuffog
- Lewis Thomas
- Roxanne Osborne
- Samantha Herron
- James Gray
- Alex Tennyson
- David Holder
- Emma Humby
- Samuel Tolken
- Dave Evans
- Fiona Evans
- A ROBINSON
- Mr Thomas
- Amar Khan
- Brian Gurr
- Susan Lee
- Pam Stuart
- Lilia Martinez
- jean medley
- Tiffany Young
- joshua harris
- Bryan Smith
- Rob Walker
- K Stanley
- D Smith
- ronelle smith
- hazel prowse
- David Mutch
- Simon Dean
- Pauline Bamsey
- Tim Pykett
- julie stansfield
- Lee Smith
- Brian Varney
- I. Clark
- Jonathan Carr (Discriminated against by CRB inadequacies)
- linda james
- ron g player
- S Overton
- Anthony Maslin
- Elizabeth Lucy Robillard
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