Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor David Anderson (Labour), on Thursday, 24 January 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 92 members in total.

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PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES

That this House is concerned by the exponential growth of private military and security companies (PMSCs) since the invasion of Iraq; is disturbed by the substantial rise of reported incidents of civilian killings and human rights abuses by PMSC guards in Iraq who remain unregulated and unaccountable; further notes that problems posed by proliferation of PMSCs were highlighted in a Green Paper in February 2002 that originated in a request from the Foreign Affairs Committee but that, six years later, there is still no United Kingdom legislation regulating PMSCs; believes that self-regulation by the industry is not appropriate in this instance; and urges the Government to bring forward legislative proposals for the control of the PMSC sector as an urgent priority.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

785 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Lynne Jones

Martin Caton

Jeremy Corbyn

David Drew

Subjects

Iraq Private military and security companies Military operations

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk