Taser Guns

EDM number 292 in 2008-09, proposed by Tom Brake on 15/12/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Police.

That this House expresses concern at the decision to arm 30,000 police officers with Taser stun guns; believes that such weapons should be in the hands of a select group of highly trained officers and used for specific threat purposes; further believes that strict procedures are needed to prevent misuse of such guns; asks that Tasers should not be deployed any more widely than firearms; recalls that Tasers must be used as a weapon of last resort, in situations which fall only just below the point when lethal force should be used; and rejects any move towards fully-armed, US-style policing.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tom Brake	15/12/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Christopher Huhne	15/12/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lynne Jones	15/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Featherstone	15/12/2008	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	16/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	16/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Mark Hunter	16/12/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	16/12/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	16/12/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	16/12/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	16/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	16/12/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	16/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	16/12/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	16/12/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Vaz	17/12/2008	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	17/12/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	17/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	17/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Colin Breed	17/12/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	17/12/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	18/12/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	18/12/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	18/12/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	18/12/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	18/12/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	12/01/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	12/01/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	12/01/2009	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	12/01/2009	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/01/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	12/01/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	12/01/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	13/01/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	14/01/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	14/01/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	14/01/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Bob Russell	14/01/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	19/01/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	19/01/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	22/01/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	28/01/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	05/02/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	23/02/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	01/07/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	13/07/2009	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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