Serious Fraud Office Investigation Into The Al Yamamah Military Contract

EDM number 595 in 2006-07, proposed by Roger Berry on 10/01/2007.

That this House notes the recent decision that the Serious Fraud Office end its investigation into BAE Systems plc and the Al Yamamah military contract with the Government of Saudi Arabia; further notes that the UK is a signatory to the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and that Article 5 of this Convention requires that the investigation and prosecution of foreign bribery `shall not be influenced by considerations of national economic interests' or `the potential effect upon relations with another State'; believes that the early termination of this investigation for reasons other than the legal merits of the case sends the clear message that companies trading with countries that governments claim to be of strategic importance are above the law and can bribe with impunity; further believes that the decision is likely to cause irreparable damage to the UK's reputation as an anti-corruption champion; and calls on the UK Government to re-open the investigation of this case.

This motion has been signed by a total of 125 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Roger Berry	10/01/2007	Kingswood	Labour	Proposed
Andrew George	10/01/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Elfyn Llwyd	10/01/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Angus MacNeil	10/01/2007	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Simon Hughes	10/01/2007	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Bercow	10/01/2007	Buckingham	Conservative	Seconded
Michael Penning	11/01/2007	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	11/01/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	11/01/2007	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Taylor	11/01/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	11/01/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	11/01/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	11/01/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	11/01/2007	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	11/01/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	15/01/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	15/01/2007	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	15/01/2007	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	16/01/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	16/01/2007	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	16/01/2007	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	16/01/2007	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	16/01/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ann Cryer	16/01/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	16/01/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	16/01/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	16/01/2007	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Salter	16/01/2007	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	16/01/2007	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Weir	17/01/2007	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Willie Rennie	17/01/2007	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/01/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	18/01/2007	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/01/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	22/01/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Meacher	23/01/2007	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	23/01/2007	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	23/01/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Hall	24/01/2007	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	24/01/2007	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	25/01/2007	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Norman Baker	25/01/2007	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	25/01/2007	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	29/01/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	30/01/2007	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	31/01/2007	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	02/02/2007	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	06/02/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	06/02/2007	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	07/02/2007	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	08/02/2007	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pete Wishart	08/02/2007	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ann McKechin	21/02/2007	Glasgow North	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	22/02/2007	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
David Howarth	22/02/2007	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	23/02/2007	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	07/03/2007	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	09/03/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	21/03/2007	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	23/03/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	29/03/2007	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gavin Strang	17/04/2007	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	17/04/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	17/04/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	18/04/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	20/04/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	24/04/2007	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Lorely Burt	26/04/2007	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	26/04/2007	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stuart	30/04/2007	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	01/05/2007	Medway	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	01/05/2007	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	03/05/2007	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	03/05/2007	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	09/05/2007	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	09/05/2007	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	09/05/2007	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	09/05/2007	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	09/05/2007	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	10/05/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	14/05/2007	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	14/05/2007	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	16/05/2007	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	16/05/2007	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	16/05/2007	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	22/05/2007	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	22/05/2007	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	23/05/2007	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	23/05/2007	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	24/05/2007	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	04/06/2007	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Pound	06/06/2007	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	06/06/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	07/06/2007	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	11/06/2007	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	11/06/2007	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Desmond Turner	11/06/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	12/06/2007	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Richard Shepherd	12/06/2007	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
David Heath	15/06/2007	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	18/06/2007	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	18/06/2007	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	18/06/2007	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Trickett	19/06/2007	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	19/06/2007	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	20/06/2007	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	21/06/2007	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Connarty	21/06/2007	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	21/06/2007	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Douglas Carswell	25/06/2007	Harwich	Conservative	Signed
Tom Brake	25/06/2007	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	26/06/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	27/06/2007	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Lloyd	05/07/2007	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	09/07/2007	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	17/07/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
John Austin	23/07/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	24/07/2007	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	24/07/2007	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Howard Stoate	25/07/2007	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	26/07/2007	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	08/10/2007	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	08/10/2007	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Dawn Butler	17/10/2007	Brent South	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	23/10/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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