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Patten Commission;amdt. Line 1:

EDM number 960A2 in 1998-99, proposed by Charles Wardle on 02/11/1999.

leave out from 'House' to end and add 'considers the Patten Report deeply flawed and objectionable to the greater number of people in Northern Ireland; commends the Daily Telegraph for its efforts in support of the Defend The RUC Campaign which has attracted widespread backing in all regions of the United Kingdom and beyond; salutes the bravery of the men and women of the Royal Ulster Constabulary over the last 30 years and,in particular,the 302 officers who have lost their lives and the more than 9,000 officers who have been maimed or injured at the hands of terrorists; condemns the actions of Republican paramilitary organisations aimed at intimidating potential Catholic recruits to the Royal Ulster Constabulary; and calls on Her Majesty's Government not to accept those politically motivated parts of the Patten Report which,if approved,would endanger good policing in Northern Ireland and insult the memory of those former officers who made the ultimate sacrifice.'.

This is a ammendment to 960.

This motion has been signed by a total of 11 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Charles Wardle02/11/1999Bexhill & BattleConservativeProposed
William Ross03/11/1999East LondonderryUUPSigned
Clifford Forsythe03/11/1999South AntrimUUPSigned
William Thompson03/11/1999West TyroneUUPSigned
Roy Beggs04/11/1999East AntrimUUPSigned
David Wilshire04/11/1999SpelthorneConservativeSigned
Ann Winterton04/11/1999CongletonConservativeSigned
Nicholas Winterton04/11/1999MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Desmond Swayne08/11/1999New Forest WestConservativeSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson09/11/1999Lagan ValleyUUPSigned
John D Taylor09/11/1999StrangfordUUPSigned

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