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Privatisation Of Defence Training

EDM number 139 in 2005-06, proposed by John McDonnell on 18/05/2005.

That this House notes the outstanding contribution made by Civil Service instructional officers, Burnham lecturers and the support and administration staff employed by the Ministry of Defence in supporting and delivering training to the armed forces; notes with concern the lack of real competition in the Defence Training Review transformation programme, with only two consortia competing for each package in a deal calculated to be worth over £19 billion; is concerned that there will be no break point for review until 15 years into the contract; is further concerned about the poor track record of some of the companies making up the consortia and at the concept of selling the whole of the training for the armed forces to foreign investors; and therefore urges the Government to consider the viable option of an in-house bid and not to include instructional officers, Burnham lecturers and the support and administrative staff as part of any privatisation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John McDonnell18/05/2005Hayes and HarlingtonLabourProposed
David Taylor19/05/2005North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
Robert Wareing19/05/2005Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSeconded
Gwyn Prosser23/05/2005DoverLabourSeconded
Bill Etherington23/05/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin23/05/2005Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Neil Gerrard23/05/2005WalthamstowLabourSigned
Ann Cryer23/05/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Michael Connarty23/05/2005Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Adam Price24/05/2005Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Lynne Jones24/05/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Alan Meale24/05/2005MansfieldLabourSigned
Michael Clapham24/05/2005Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Clive Efford24/05/2005ElthamLabourSigned
Mike Hancock24/05/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew25/05/2005StroudLabourSigned
Janet Dean25/05/2005BurtonLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd25/05/2005Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Martin Caton25/05/2005GowerLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins26/05/2005Luton NorthLabourSigned
Harry Cohen26/05/2005Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Rudi Vis26/05/2005Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Alan Simpson09/06/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
David Wright05/07/2005TelfordLabourSigned
David Marshall13/07/2005Glasgow EastLabourSigned
John Austin18/07/2005Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell20/07/2005Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Linda Riordan20/07/2005HalifaxLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn20/07/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Julie Morgan10/10/2005Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Bob Russell12/10/2005ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Katy Clark17/11/2005North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews24/11/2005MedwayLabourSigned
Ian Gibson24/11/2005Norwich NorthLabourSigned
George Galloway02/02/2006Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
John Leech21/06/2006Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned

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