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Outsourcing Of Export Control To The Private Sector

EDM number 344 in 2005-06, proposed by Malcolm Bruce on 16/06/2005.

That this House notes with deep concern that the Government is considering placing responsibility for export control and non-proliferation in the hands of the private sector through the privatisation or partial outsourcing of the Export Control Organisation (ECO) and that the motivation for this step appears to be headcount reductions of ECO staff as opposed to improving export control mechanisms; further notes that outsourcing some or all of the ECO's functions would have significant repercussions for the accountability of the export licensing process, hinder confidential information-sharing between states on arms transfers and give rise to potential conflicts of interest through the private sector partner; further notes that this step will undermine the progressive leadership in arms export control the Government has forged internationally and risks providing an inappropriate model to those countries which have less developed arms control mechanisms and are trying to improve their export control regimes; calls on the Government fully to consult on any proposal regarding the future of the ECO and to ensure that time is allocated for parliamentary scrutiny; and urges the Government to retain decision-making on export control and non-proliferation within public hands.

This motion has been signed by a total of 65 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Malcolm Bruce16/06/2005GordonLiberal DemocratProposed
Bob Russell16/06/2005ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Norman Lamb16/06/2005North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSeconded
Michael Weir20/06/2005AngusScottish National PartySeconded
David Taylor20/06/2005North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
Julia Goldsworthy20/06/2005Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn20/06/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson20/06/2005North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones21/06/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Martin Caton21/06/2005GowerLabourSigned
David Drew21/06/2005StroudLabourSigned
George Galloway21/06/2005Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Robert Wareing22/06/2005Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Phil Willis22/06/2005Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock22/06/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable22/06/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Price22/06/2005Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Paul Holmes22/06/2005ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George22/06/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh23/06/2005Bradford WestLabourSigned
Annette Brooke23/06/2005Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh27/06/2005SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis29/06/2005Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Alan Simpson30/06/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer04/07/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell04/07/2005Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
John Barrett05/07/2005Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Menzies Campbell06/07/2005North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Helen Goodman06/07/2005Bishop AucklandLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders11/07/2005TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Danny Alexander11/07/2005Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen11/07/2005RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Lembit 12/07/2005MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson12/07/2005East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech12/07/2005Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker12/07/2005LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard12/07/2005WalthamstowLabourSigned
Martin Horwood12/07/2005CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Reid13/07/2005Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
John Thurso13/07/2005Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed14/07/2005South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington14/07/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Alan Beith14/07/2005Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt14/07/2005SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Featherstone14/07/2005Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Moore18/07/2005Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey18/07/2005Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Katy Clark18/07/2005North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Tim Farron19/07/2005Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams19/07/2005Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland19/07/2005Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer19/07/2005Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Taylor19/07/2005Truro and St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell19/07/2005Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
David Anderson20/07/2005BlaydonLabourSigned
Sarah McCarthy-Fry20/07/2005Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Jennifer Willott20/07/2005Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Clegg21/07/2005Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Sarah Teather21/07/2005Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross21/07/2005TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Smith10/10/2005West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams11/10/2005CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Burstow26/10/2005Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake28/10/2005Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Evan Harris30/11/2005Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned

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