EDM2414 - Conduct Of The Hon. Member For Grantham And Stamford
Proposed by Liam Fox on 04/11/2008
That this House disassociates itself from the comments made by the Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Equipment and Support, the hon. Member for Grantham and Stamford, regarding the circumstances surrounding the resignation of an officer in Her Majesty's Armed Forces and former SAS Commander, Major Sebastian Morley; believes that when a senior officer resigns citing a specific reason, the resignation should be treated with the utmost seriousness and that the integrity or motivation of the officer concerned should not be publicly impugned by a Government Minister; regrets that this event occurred in the week leading to Remembrance Sunday; is appalled that the Minister should blame commanders for making the wrong decision relating to equipment used for operations when the choice of equipment was not available; and calls on the Minister to apologise fully to Major Morley and to UK commanders in Afghanistan.
This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type | Liam Fox | 04/11/2008 | Woodspring | Conservative | Proposed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Murrison | 04/11/2008 | Westbury | Conservative | Seconded | Tobias Ellwood | 04/11/2008 | Bournemouth East | Conservative | Seconded |
| Gerald Howarth | 04/11/2008 | Aldershot | Conservative | Seconded | Julian Lewis | 04/11/2008 | New Forest East | Conservative | Seconded |
| Simon Burns | 05/11/2008 | West Chelmsford | Conservative | Seconded | Nigel Waterson | 05/11/2008 | Eastbourne | Conservative | Signed |
| Andrew MacKay | 05/11/2008 | Bracknell | Conservative | Signed | Tim Loughton | 05/11/2008 | East Worthing & Shoreham | Conservative | Signed |
| Julie Kirkbride | 05/11/2008 | Bromsgrove | Conservative | Signed | David Jones | 06/11/2008 | Clwyd West | Conservative | Signed |
| Mark Harper | 06/11/2008 | Forest of Dean | Conservative | Signed | Hugo Swire | 06/11/2008 | East Devon | Conservative | Signed |
| Andrew Rosindell | 06/11/2008 | Romford | Conservative | Signed | Stephen Crabb | 06/11/2008 | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Mark Francois | 06/11/2008 | Rayleigh | Conservative | Signed | Ann Winterton | 06/11/2008 | Congleton | Conservative | Signed |
| James Gray | 06/11/2008 | North Wiltshire | Conservative | Signed | Michael Howard | 06/11/2008 | Folkestone & Hythe | Conservative | Signed |
| Malcolm Moss | 06/11/2008 | North East Cambridgeshire | Conservative | Signed | Philip Davies | 06/11/2008 | Shipley | Conservative | Signed |
| David Wilshire | 10/11/2008 | Spelthorne | Conservative | Signed | Stewart Jackson | 11/11/2008 | Peterborough | Conservative | Signed |
| Michael Ancram | 11/11/2008 | Devizes | Conservative | Signed | Nicholas Soames | 12/11/2008 | Mid Sussex | Conservative | Signed |
| Peter Luff | 12/11/2008 | Mid Worcestershire | Conservative | Signed | Angela Watkinson | 13/11/2008 | Upminster | Conservative | Signed |
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