Young People In The Armed Forces (EDM50)

Young People In The Armed Forces

EDM number 50 in 2008-09, proposed by David Drew on 03/12/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Armed forces.

That this House welcomes proposals to increase the school leaving age to 18 years; regrets the current practice of recruiting 16-year-olds into the armed forces; and urges the Government to defer enlistment of young people until after their 18th birthday.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Drew	03/12/2008	Stroud	Labour	Proposed
Neil Gerrard	03/12/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	03/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mike Hancock	08/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Betty Williams	08/12/2008	Conwy	Labour	Seconded
Ann Cryer	08/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Mark Durkan	09/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	10/12/2008	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	10/12/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/2008	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	14/01/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	05/02/2009	Falmouth and Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	25/02/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	25/02/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	25/02/2009	Truro and St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gavin Strang	05/03/2009	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	16/03/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	20/03/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Susan Kramer	20/04/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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