Naafi Practice At Akrotiri

EDM number 1694 in 2003-04, proposed by Frank Cook on 11/10/2004.

That this House pays full tribute to the Navy, Army and Air Force Institute (NAAFI) for its diligent service to the needs of HM armed forces, through peace and conflict, on a not for profit basis since its formal establishment in January 1921 until its commercialisation in May 1997, when it was required to meet the welfare needs of British Service personnel and their families, at the same time remaining profitable to contribute financially to service welfare funds; simultaneously notes that NAAFI's declared aims commit the organisation to communicate openly and honestly, involving everyone and earning their trust letting everyone know and understand that their individual contribution does make a difference and that teamwork is to do with joint achievement, working with colleagues and partners and treating them with respect; consequently registers acute dismay that on the RAF base at Akrotiri, Cyprus, NAAFI should have preselected service families offering them inducement in the form of cash value vouchers on condition that they support a campaign to introduce Sunday opening, so jeopardising that trading position of local dealers who have given outstanding and loyal service to the base since its was established; and therefore calls upon the Government to instruct NAAFI to conduct properly a plebiscite of all base families without any inducement to vote Yes so to establish what are the true wishes of the serving personnel and their families and that this be done at the earliest date.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.