Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John McDonnell (Labour), on Friday, 20 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 32 members in total.

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COVERT SURVEILLANCE OF TRADE UNIONS

That this House is deeply concerned by the revelations of Peter Francis, former member of the Metropolitan Police Force's Special Demonstrations Squad, in relation to the unit's covert state surveillance of trade unions and their members, including Unison, the Fire Brigades Union, the Communication Workers Union, National Union of Teachers, and the construction workers union UCATT, together with the family of Stephen Lawrence, anti-racist groups, civil society organisations and political campaigners; welcomes the judge-led inquiry into the abuse of women by undercover police officers; calls for the remit of that inquiry to include the involvement of state agencies in the operation of blacklisting and the covert surveillance of lawful trade union activities; further welcomes the offer of Mr Francis to provide further evidence; and calls on the Home Secretary to offer whistleblowers immunity from prosecution under the Official Secrets Act in order to encourage people to come forward and disclose essential information in the public interest without fear of criminal charges being brought against them.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

899 

Session

2014-15

Other sponsors

Dennis Skinner

Paul Flynn

Alan Meale

Kelvin Hopkins

Lord Cryer

Subjects

Industrial relations Police Privacy

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk