US Military Bases In The UK

EDM number 997 in 2013-14, proposed by George Galloway on 27/01/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Armed forces and North America.

That this House believes that all foreign military bases in this country should be closed; points out that there are an estimated 10,000 US military personnel stationed in notional RAF bases but effectively under American control; recalls that US forces arrived in Britain in 1942 to help fight Nazi Germany but did not leave on the conclusion of the Second World War in 1945; notes that instead they remained for more than 40 years supposedly to repel invasion from the Soviet Union; further points out that UK troops stationed in Germany as part of a defence force against the USSR are finally being withdrawn; and concludes that there is no case for maintaining foreign military bases to defend this country against a non-existent enemy and that this year's planned renewal of the US-UK defence agreement offers the chance to end this occupation so that the UK can start to have an independent relationship with the rest of the world.

This motion has been signed by a total of 1 MPs.