Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Liam Fox (Conservative), on Tuesday, 4 November 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 27 members in total.

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CONDUCT OF THE HON. MEMBER FOR GRANTHAM AND STAMFORD

That this House disassociates itself from the comments made by the Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Equipment and Support, the hon. Member for Grantham and Stamford, regarding the circumstances surrounding the resignation of an officer in Her Majesty's Armed Forces and former SAS Commander, Major Sebastian Morley; believes that when a senior officer resigns citing a specific reason, the resignation should be treated with the utmost seriousness and that the integrity or motivation of the officer concerned should not be publicly impugned by a Government Minister; regrets that this event occurred in the week leading to Remembrance Sunday; is appalled that the Minister should blame commanders for making the wrong decision relating to equipment used for operations when the choice of equipment was not available; and calls on the Minister to apologise fully to Major Morley and to UK commanders in Afghanistan.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2414 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Julian Lewis

Gerald Howarth

Andrew Murrison

Simon Burns

Tobias Ellwood

Subjects

Armed forces

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk