Private Military And Security Companies

EDM number 785 in 2007-08, proposed by David Anderson on 24/01/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Companies, Iraq, Military operations and Security industry.

That this House is concerned by the exponential growth of private military and security companies (PMSCs) since the invasion of Iraq; is disturbed by the substantial rise of reported incidents of civilian killings and human rights abuses by PMSC guards in Iraq who remain unregulated and unaccountable; further notes that problems posed by proliferation of PMSCs were highlighted in a Green Paper in February 2002 that originated in a request from the Foreign Affairs Committee but that, six years later, there is still no United Kingdom legislation regulating PMSCs; believes that self-regulation by the industry is not appropriate in this instance; and urges the Government to bring forward legislative proposals for the control of the PMSC sector as an urgent priority.

This motion has been signed by a total of 93 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.