Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John McDonnell (Labour), on Tuesday, 15 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 29 members in total.

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PRIVATISATION OF DEFENCE TRAINING

That this House notes the outstanding contribution made by Civil Service instructional officers and Burnham lecturers employed by the Ministry of Defence in supporting and delivering training to the armed forces; notes with concern that in the Defence Training Review transformation programme only two consortia competed for each package in a deal calculated to be worth over ??19 billion; further notes that there will be no break point for review until 15 years into the contract; is concerned by the poor track-record of some of the companies making up the consortiums; is further concerned at the concept of selling the whole of the training for the armed forces to foreign investors; and therefore urges the Government to consider the viable option of an in-house bid and not to include instructional officers and Burnham lecturers as part of any privatisation.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

932 

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Armed forces Contracts for services Ministry of Defence Training

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk