Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John McDonnell (Labour), on Tuesday, 18 January 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 114 members in total.

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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE DIPLOMATIC BAG SERVICE

That this House notes with great concern recent press reports which indicate that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is planning to privatise the Diplomatic Bag Service; considers that this will place the security of documents sent by the Government at greater risk of unauthorised access; believes in these times of heightened national security that the public sector has a proven track record of delivering an effective efficient service; and urges the Government to reconsider seriously this proposal and abandon all plans to hand over control of the Diplomatic Bag Service to the private sector.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

537 

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Delivery services Privatisation Security Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk