Homosexuality In The Armed Forces
EDM number 114 in 1993-94, proposed by Harry Cohen on 25/11/1993.
That this House believes that discrimination against homosexual men and lesbians serving in the armed forces should end; notes that an Able Seaman Brett Burnell serving abroad HMS 'Active' was discharged from the Navy recently purely on the basis of his homosexuality; further notes that this case is featured in a Channel Four Cutting Edge film transmitted on Monday 29th November; believes that the way in which this case was investigated by Naval authorities contradicted the undertaking given by the Minister of State for Defence Procurement in June 1992; and calls on Her Majesty's Government urgently to review the ways in which the Royal Navy and the other armed forces deal with cases of this kind.
This motion has been signed by a total of 60 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Cohen | 25/11/1993 | Leyton | Proposed | |
| Menzies Campbell | 25/11/1993 | Fife North East | Signed | |
| Edwina Currie | 25/11/1993 | South Derbyshire | Signed | |
| Mike Watson | 25/11/1993 | Glasgow Central | Signed | |
| Harry Barnes | 26/11/1993 | North East Derbyshire | Signed | |
| Eddie Loyden | 26/11/1993 | Liverpool, Garston | Signed | |
| Ken Livingstone | 26/11/1993 | Brent East | Signed | |
| Terry Davis | 29/11/1993 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Signed | |
| John Cummings | 29/11/1993 | Easington | Signed | |
| Frank Cook | 29/11/1993 | Stockton North | Signed | |
| Eric Clarke | 29/11/1993 | Midlothian | Signed | |
| Alex Carlile | 29/11/1993 | Montgomery | Signed | |
| Alan Meale | 29/11/1993 | Mansfield | Signed | |
| Alice Mahon | 29/11/1993 | Halifax | Signed | |
| Lynne Jones | 29/11/1993 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Signed | |
| Glenda Jackson | 29/11/1993 | Hampstead & Highgate | Signed | |
| Paddy Tipping | 30/11/1993 | Sherwood | Signed | |
| Jim Dowd | 30/11/1993 | Lewisham West | Signed | |
| Ian Davidson | 30/11/1993 | Glasgow, Govan | Signed | |
| Jean Corston | 30/11/1993 | Bristol East | Signed | |
| Anne Campbell | 30/11/1993 | Cambridge | Signed | |
| Peter Kilfoyle | 30/11/1993 | Liverpool, Walton | Signed | |
| John Hutton | 30/11/1993 | Barrow & Furness | Signed | |
| Simon Hughes | 30/11/1993 | Southwark and Bermondsey | Signed | |
| John Heppell | 30/11/1993 | Nottingham East | Signed | |
| Clive Soley | 30/11/1993 | Hammersmith | Signed | |
| Colin Pickthall | 30/11/1993 | West Lancashire | Signed | |
| Tony Banks | 01/12/1993 | Newham North West | Signed | |
| Janet Anderson | 01/12/1993 | Rossendale & Darwen | Signed | |
| Norman Godman | 01/12/1993 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | Signed | |
| Tom Cox | 01/12/1993 | Tooting | Signed | |
| Michael Clapham | 01/12/1993 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Signed | |
| Kim Howells | 01/12/1993 | Pontypridd | Signed | |
| Dawn Primarolo | 01/12/1993 | Bristol South | Signed | |
| Robert Parry | 01/12/1993 | Liverpool, Riverside | Signed | |
| Max Madden | 01/12/1993 | Bradford West | Signed | |
| Nigel Jones | 02/12/1993 | Cheltenham | Signed | |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 02/12/1993 | Islington North | Signed | |
| David Rendel | 03/12/1993 | Newbury | Signed | |
| Neil Gerrard | 06/12/1993 | Walthamstow | Signed | |
| Angela Eagle | 06/12/1993 | Wallasey | Signed | |
| Russell Johnston | 06/12/1993 | Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber | Signed | |
| Richard Burden | 07/12/1993 | Birmingham, Northfield | Signed | |
| Jim Wallace | 07/12/1993 | Orkney & Shetland | Signed | |
| Clive Betts | 08/12/1993 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Signed | |
| John Gunnell | 08/12/1993 | Leeds South and Morley | Signed | |
| Roland Boyes | 08/12/1993 | Houghton and Washington | Signed | |
| Ian McCartney | 08/12/1993 | Makerfield | Signed | |
| Martyn Jones | 14/12/1993 | Clwyd South West | Signed | |
| Keith Hill | 17/12/1993 | Streatham | Signed | |
| Mike Gapes | 17/12/1993 | Ilford South | Signed | |
| Jim Cousins | 11/01/1994 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Signed | |
| Joan Ruddock | 18/01/1994 | Lewisham, Deptford | Signed | |
| Alan Milburn | 20/01/1994 | Darlington | Signed | |
| Rachel Squire | 25/01/1994 | Dunfermline West | Signed | |
| Doug Hoyle | 27/01/1994 | Warrington North | Signed | |
| Don Foster | 27/01/1994 | Bath | Signed | |
| Dale Campbell-Savours | 03/02/1994 | Workington | Signed | |
| Tommy Graham | 03/02/1994 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | Signed | |
| Alex Salmond | 11/02/1994 | Banff & Buchan | Signed |
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