Private Military And Security Companies

EDM number 785 in 2007-08, proposed by David Anderson on 24/01/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Companies, Iraq, Military operations and Security industry.

That this House is concerned by the exponential growth of private military and security companies (PMSCs) since the invasion of Iraq; is disturbed by the substantial rise of reported incidents of civilian killings and human rights abuses by PMSC guards in Iraq who remain unregulated and unaccountable; further notes that problems posed by proliferation of PMSCs were highlighted in a Green Paper in February 2002 that originated in a request from the Foreign Affairs Committee but that, six years later, there is still no United Kingdom legislation regulating PMSCs; believes that self-regulation by the industry is not appropriate in this instance; and urges the Government to bring forward legislative proposals for the control of the PMSC sector as an urgent priority.

This motion has been signed by a total of 93 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Anderson	24/01/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	25/01/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Martin Caton	25/01/2008	Gower	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	25/01/2008	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	28/01/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
David Drew	28/01/2008	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Mike Hancock	28/01/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	28/01/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	28/01/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	29/01/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	29/01/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	29/01/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Paul Flynn	29/01/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	29/01/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	29/01/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	30/01/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	30/01/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	30/01/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	30/01/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	30/01/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Chris McCafferty	31/01/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	31/01/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	31/01/2008	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Janet Anderson	01/02/2008	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	04/02/2008	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	04/02/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	04/02/2008	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	04/02/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	05/02/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	05/02/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	05/02/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	05/02/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	05/02/2008	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	05/02/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	06/02/2008	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	06/02/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	07/02/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	07/02/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	07/02/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	18/02/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	18/02/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	18/02/2008	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	18/02/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Thurso	18/02/2008	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	18/02/2008	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	18/02/2008	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	18/02/2008	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	18/02/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	18/02/2008	Medway	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	18/02/2008	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	18/02/2008	Dover	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	19/02/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	19/02/2008	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	19/02/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	19/02/2008	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	20/02/2008	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	20/02/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	21/02/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	21/02/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	21/02/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Adam Price	22/02/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lady Hermon	22/02/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
Ian Stewart	22/02/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	25/02/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gavin Strang	26/02/2008	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	26/02/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	27/02/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	27/02/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	29/02/2008	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	29/02/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	10/03/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	11/03/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	12/03/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	17/03/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	01/04/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Linton	01/04/2008	Battersea	Labour	Signed
John Battle	02/04/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	21/04/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	23/04/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	25/04/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	29/04/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	22/05/2008	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Lembit	03/06/2008	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	16/06/2008	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	19/06/2008	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	23/06/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	16/07/2008	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	21/07/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	13/10/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	20/10/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	20/10/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	22/10/2008	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	Unknown			Withdrawn

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