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Protection Of Army Trainees

EDM number 1790 in 2003-04, proposed by Kevin McNamara on 25/10/2004.

That this House notes the four-and-a-half year prison sentence given to Mr Leslie Skinner following his conviction for violent sexual offences committed while serving as a non-commissioned officer at Deepcut Army barracks in Surrey; further notes the conclusions drawn by the Surrey Police - that having previously identified that this offender may have had a propensity for young males, the Army posted him to Deepcut without carrying our any form of risk assessment, that this offender abused his position of authority to ensure that his victims acquiesced effectively, that victims had insufficient faith in the chain of command or the Army's investigative system to report the assaults at the time and that victims told the police that they feared reporting the incidents as such action might entail them being 'branded' as homosexual and place them at risk as targets by their peers and other NCOs; and urges the Government to ensure that army trainees are guaranteed the same quality of protection that young people in civilian establishments are promised by the passage of the Children Bill and that instructors seeking appointment in army training camps are subject to enhanced Criminal Record Bureau vetting.

This motion has been signed by a total of 50 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Kevin McNamara25/10/2004Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourProposed
Joan Humble25/10/2004Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin25/10/2004Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Annabelle Ewing25/10/2004PerthScottish National PartySigned
Michael Jabez Foster25/10/2004Hastings & RyeLabourSigned
Iris Robinson26/10/2004StrangfordDUPSigned
Paul Holmes26/10/2004ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Hoyle26/10/2004ChorleyLabourSigned
Terry Lewis26/10/2004WorsleyLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd26/10/2004Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Win Griffiths26/10/2004BridgendLabourSigned
Harry Barnes26/10/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Martin Caton27/10/2004GowerLabourSigned
Michael Weir27/10/2004AngusScottish National PartySigned
Rudi Vis27/10/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Roy Beggs27/10/2004East AntrimUUPSigned
Mike Hancock27/10/2004Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard27/10/2004WalthamstowLabourSigned
Frank Cook27/10/2004Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson27/10/2004Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Greg Pope28/10/2004HyndburnLabourSigned
Lynne Jones28/10/2004Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Alice Mahon28/10/2004HalifaxLabourSigned
David Drew28/10/2004StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Simon Hughes01/11/2004North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams01/11/2004ConwyLabourSigned
Brian White01/11/2004North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Marsha Singh01/11/2004Bradford WestLabourSigned
Lembit 01/11/2004MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd02/11/2004Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Janet Dean02/11/2004BurtonLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell02/11/2004Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn03/11/2004Newport WestLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore03/11/2004HendonLabourSigned
Tom Cox03/11/2004TootingLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn03/11/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
Patsy Calton03/11/2004CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Lyons03/11/2004Strathkelvin & BearsdenLabourSigned
Eric Illsley03/11/2004Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Tony McWalter04/11/2004Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jenny Tonge04/11/2004Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins08/11/2004TamworthLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey08/11/2004West Bromwich WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Bill Etherington09/11/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
John Barrett09/11/2004Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer10/11/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/11/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Matthew Green15/11/2004LudlowLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones17/11/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell17/11/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned

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