Unfairness To British Servicemen In Former Yugoslavia;amdt. Line 1:

EDM number 500A1 in 1993-94, proposed by Geoffrey Johnson Smith on 16/02/1994.

leave out from 'House' to end and add 'congratulates those British troops serving with the UNPROFOR mission in former Yugoslavia supporting and protecting aid convoys; refutes any ill-informed suggestion that United Kingdom service personnel are treated unfairly by comparison with other nations; deplores the impact on the morale of United Kingdom troops that such distorted comments make; to the contrary, believes that the current arrangements for paying United Kingdom service personnel in the former Yugoslavia are both fair and justifiable and compare well with other nations; further notes that the basic salary of United Kingdom service personnel is, in general, significantly higher than the other nations' troops, for example the basic pay of British junior non commissioned officers is some 70 per cent. higher than their French counterparts, some 55 per cent. higher than their Belgian counterparts and some 35 per cent. higher than their Norwegian counterparts; and considers that the payment of such levels of salaries to United Kingdom service personnel throughout their career, irrespective of where they serve, is much more equitable and beneficial to them than the temporary payment of danger money.'.

This is a ammendment to 500.

This motion has been signed by a total of 4 MPs.