Glencorse Barracks

EDM number 657 in 2016-17, proposed by Owen Thompson on 08/11/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Armed forces and Defence expenditure.

That this House notes with concern the announced closure of eight out of 22 military sites in Scotland, including the army barracks at Glencorse, Midlothian; further notes that there was no consultation over this closure which will have serious consequences for the local economy; considers that this must be a body blow to the service personnel, their families and civilian staff at the barracks; further considers that the purported saving of £140 million to the Ministry of Defence from these closures pales into insignificance when measured against the replacement cost of Trident running into £250 billion; and calls on the Government to rescind this decision callously made in the very week Scotland and the rest of the UK remembers those servicemen and women who died in our wars.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.