Use Of Identities Of Dead Children

EDM number 1012 in 2012-13, proposed by George Galloway on 04/02/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Children and families, Death and Police.

That this House notes that the Metropolitan Police stole the identities of an estimated 80 dead children and issued fake passports in their names for use by undercover officers; further notes the deceased children's identities were used by the undercover officers of the now disbanded Special Demonstration Squad, which infiltrated protest groups, because they would notstand up to scrutiny if birth records were checked; condemns the stealing of these identities for use by undercover officers; believes that it is totally inappropriate for undercover officers to form sexual relationships with people they were investigating and monitoring; seeks confirmation from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) that stolen identities are not now being used by undercover officers; seeks further confirmation from the ACPO that undercover officers are not now having sexual relationships with those they are investigating and monitoring; and joins with the former Director of Public Prosecutions, Lord Macdonald, in calling for a public inquiry into police undercover operations.

This motion has been signed by a total of 18 MPs.