Impunity In The Military

EDM number 1449 in 2005-06, proposed by Mark Durkan on 23/01/2006.

That this House welcomes the growing consensus that defence of the international rule of law requires maintenance of the strictest standards for military and enforcement agencies at all levels of the chain of command; deplores those regimes that routinely permit those found guilty of serious crimes to evade justice or resume their military careers after a short sentence; believes that a culture of impunity inevitably erodes military discipline and undermines any peacekeeping role the military is required to undertake; further believes that the armed forces should be an example in this regard and should ensure its disciplinary system is beyond criticism; and urges the Government to affirm that human rights abusers, killers, rapists and bullies are permanently excluded from military service and to restore the certainty that any member of the armed services having been convicted by a court of the most serious of crimes such as murder, rape or torture shall be dismissed from service and may not resume a service career.

This motion has been signed by a total of 55 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mark Durkan	23/01/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Proposed
Joan Humble	23/01/2006	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Seconded
Sarah Teather	23/01/2006	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	23/01/2006	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Seconded
David Taylor	24/01/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	24/01/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Jim Devine	24/01/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	24/01/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	24/01/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	24/01/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	24/01/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	24/01/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Madeleine Moon	25/01/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	25/01/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	25/01/2006	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	25/01/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	25/01/2006	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
John Leech	26/01/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	26/01/2006	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
David Drew	26/01/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	26/01/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	26/01/2006	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	26/01/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	30/01/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	30/01/2006	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	30/01/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	31/01/2006	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	31/01/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	31/01/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	31/01/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	31/01/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/02/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/02/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	01/02/2006	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	01/02/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	01/02/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	02/02/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Anderson	06/02/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	06/02/2006	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/02/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	07/02/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	09/02/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	09/02/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	13/02/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	13/02/2006	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
George Galloway	13/02/2006	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	14/02/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Lembit	16/02/2006	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	28/02/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	08/03/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	13/03/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	20/04/2006	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	24/04/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	27/04/2006	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	19/07/2006	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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