Security And Facilities Executive:custody Service

EDM number 281 in 1995-96, proposed by Nigel Griffiths on 16/01/1996.

That this House expresses concern regarding proposals to privatise the Custody Service; notes that the Custody Service employs approximately 800 vetted guards who protect more than 100 buildings in London including the Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Overseas Development Agency; believes that the security of these buildings is of high political sensitivity; fears that their safety and the safety of the staff working in them cannot be guaranteed should the service be privatised; recognises the efficiency, integrity and professionalism of the Custody Service and the loyalty and dedication of its staff; notes that the Service is able to provide back-up security to all other uniformed services in the Civil Service at short notice, and calls on the Government to abandon its plans for privatisation immediately.

This motion has been signed by a total of 67 MPs.