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H.m. Customs And Excise

EDM number 928 in 1995-96, proposed by Michael Colvin on 22/05/1996.

That this House congratulates officers of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise on their excellent work in the front line, tackling the smuggling of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, pornography and arms; notes that 300 officers out of 2,300 lost their jobs in the last financial year; asks the Government to take note of the increased dangers from such smuggling should Her Majesty's Treasury implement the second stage of reorganisation, reducing the number of front line officers by a further 300; and calls on the Government to reconsider the policy in view of the dangers to the community caused by illegal importation of drugs and the resultant cost to the Exchequer in terms of social security benefits and costs to the National Health Service.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Michael Colvin22/05/1996Romsey and WatersideProposed
John Heppell04/06/1996Nottingham EastSigned
Simon Hughes04/06/1996Southwark and BermondseySigned
Ken Livingstone04/06/1996Brent EastSigned
Keith Bradley05/06/1996Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Harry Barnes05/06/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Mike Hall05/06/1996Warrington SouthSigned
Norman Godman05/06/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
John Evans05/06/1996St Helens NorthSigned
Jean Corston05/06/1996Bristol EastSigned
David Nicholson05/06/1996TauntonSigned
Eddie Loyden05/06/1996Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Nigel Jones05/06/1996CheltenhamSigned
Lynne Jones05/06/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Diane Abbott06/06/1996Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
Hugh Bayley06/06/1996York, City ofSigned
Tom Cox06/06/1996TootingSigned
Anne Campbell06/06/1996CambridgeSigned
Bill Michie06/06/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Michael Clapham06/06/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Donald Dixon10/06/1996JarrowSigned
Eric Illsley11/06/1996Barnsley CentralSigned
Chris Davies11/06/1996Littleborough and SaddleworthSigned
Angela Eagle11/06/1996WallaseySigned
Jack Thompson11/06/1996WansbeckSigned
Jim Wallace11/06/1996Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Alice Mahon12/06/1996HalifaxSigned
Win Griffiths12/06/1996BridgendSigned
Mike Gapes12/06/1996Ilford SouthSigned
Max Madden12/06/1996Bradford WestSigned
Nick Harvey13/06/1996North DevonSigned
Rachel Squire19/06/1996Dunfermline WestSigned
James Callaghan19/06/1996Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Alan Simpson24/06/1996Nottingham SouthSigned
Janet Anderson02/07/1996Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Martyn Jones18/07/1996Clwyd South WestSigned
Tommy Graham18/07/1996Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned

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