36808 2007-08 2414 Liam Fox 2008-11-04 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. Armed forces Liam Fox 2008-11-04 Proposed Woodspring Conservative Gerald Howarth 2008-11-04 Seconded Aldershot Conservative Andrew Murrison 2008-11-04 Seconded Westbury Conservative Julian Lewis 2008-11-04 Seconded New Forest East Conservative Tobias Ellwood 2008-11-04 Seconded Bournemouth East Conservative Simon Burns 2008-11-05 Seconded West Chelmsford Conservative Nigel Waterson 2008-11-05 Signed Eastbourne Conservative Andrew MacKay 2008-11-05 Signed Bracknell Conservative Tim Loughton 2008-11-05 Signed East Worthing & Shoreham Conservative Julie Kirkbride 2008-11-05 Signed Bromsgrove Conservative David Jones 2008-11-06 Signed Clwyd West Conservative Mark Harper 2008-11-06 Signed Forest of Dean Conservative Philip Davies 2008-11-06 Signed Shipley Conservative Stephen Crabb 2008-11-06 Signed Preseli Pembrokeshire Conservative Ann Winterton 2008-11-06 Signed Congleton Conservative Hugo Swire 2008-11-06 Signed East Devon Conservative James Gray 2008-11-06 Signed North Wiltshire Conservative Mark Francois 2008-11-06 Signed Rayleigh Conservative Malcolm Moss 2008-11-06 Signed North East Cambridgeshire Conservative Michael Howard 2008-11-06 Signed Folkestone & Hythe Conservative Andrew Rosindell 2008-11-06 Signed Romford Conservative David Wilshire 2008-11-10 Signed Spelthorne Conservative Michael Ancram 2008-11-11 Signed Devizes Conservative Stewart Jackson 2008-11-11 Signed Peterborough Conservative Nicholas Soames 2008-11-12 Signed Mid Sussex Conservative Peter Luff 2008-11-12 Signed Mid Worcestershire Conservative Angela Watkinson 2008-11-13 Signed Upminster Conservative