Privatisation Of Search And Rescue Services (EDM2004)

Privatisation Of Search And Rescue Services

EDM number 2004 in 2005-06, proposed by Angus Robertson on 20/04/2006.

That this House notes with concern plans by the Government privately to outsource search and rescue services; further notes that such a move would see RAF, Royal Navy and Coastguard helicopters replaced by civilian aircraft and crews; believes that replacing a public professional service with private companies would not meet the high standards of the military emergency teams that have saved thousands of lives over the decades; agrees with Tim Walker, Director of the Glenmore Lodge National Mountain Training Centre, that military crews would lose `essential training' if no longer involved in civilian rescues; and calls upon the Government to abandon these plans and preserve the well-established and highly professional service currently enjoyed.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Angus Robertson	20/04/2006	Moray	Scottish National Party	Proposed
Alex Salmond	20/04/2006	Banff and Buchan	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Angus MacNeil	20/04/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Lynne Jones	25/04/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	25/04/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Rudi Vis	26/04/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Seconded
Ken Purchase	26/04/2006	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
John Leech	26/04/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	27/04/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/04/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	27/04/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/05/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	03/05/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	04/05/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	08/05/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	08/05/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	09/05/2006	Perth and North Perthshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Nigel Dodds	10/05/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Bill Etherington	11/05/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	11/05/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Katy Clark	15/05/2006	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Dan Rogerson	22/05/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	25/05/2006	Argyll and Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	20/06/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed

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