Select Committee on Defence Written Evidence


APPENDIX 1

EDM 78 DEEPCUT & BEYOND

Mr Kevin McNamara
Mr David Amess
Mr David Atkinson
Norman Baker
Mr Harry Barnes
John Barrett
Mr Roy Beggs
Mr Joe Benton
Mr Harold Best
Mr Clive Betts
Tom Brake
Mr Colin Breed
Kevin Brennan
Mrs Annette L Brooke
Dr Vincent Cable
Mrs Patsy Calton
Sir Menzies Campbell
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Martin Caton
Mrs Helen Clark
Harry Cohen
Mr Iain Coleman
Mr Michael Connarty
Frank Cook
Brian Cotter
Mr Jim Cousins
Tom Cox
Mrs Ann Cryer
Mr John Cummings
Mr Jim Cunningham
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
Mr Edward Davey
Valerie Davey
Mrs Janet Dean
Mr Andrew Dismore
Jim Dobbin
Sue Doughty
Mr Huw Edwards
Mrs Louise Ellman
Jeff Ennis
Mr Bill Etherington
Annabelle Ewing
Paul Farrelly
Mr Frank Field
Paul Flynn
Barbara Follett
Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Jabez Foster (H & Rye)
Mr Neil Gerrard
Dr Ian Gibson
Matthew Green
Mr Win Griffiths
David Hamilton
Mr Mike Hancock
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Paul Holmes
Mr Kelvin Hopkins
Simon Hughes
Mrs Joan Humble
Mr Andrew Hunter
Dr Brian Iddon
Mr Eric Illsley
Helen Jackson
Mr Brian Jenkins
Lynne Jones
Mr Martyn Jones
Mr Nigel Jones
Mr Piara S Khabra
Andy King
Mr Tony Lloyd
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Ian Lucas
Mr John MacDougall
Andrew Mackinlay
Alice Mahon
Mr Paul Marsden
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews
Mr Eric Martlew
Chris McCafferty
John McDonnell
Mr Tony McWalter
Mr John McWilliam
Mr Alan Meale
Mr Austin Mitchell
Julie Morgan
Dr Doug Naysmith
Mr Edward O'Hara
Mr Martin O'Neill
Lembit Öpik
Diana Organ
Sandra Osborne
Albert Owen
Mr Peter L Pike
Mr Greg Pope
Mr Gordon Prentice
Adam Price
Dr John Pugh
Angus Robertson
Mrs Iris Robinson
Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Alex Salmond
Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Phil Sawford
Mr Brian Sedgemore
Mr Sion Simon
Alan Simpson
Mr Marsha Singh
Geraldine Smith
Revd Martin Smyth
Mrs Caroline Spelman
Bob Spink
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Dr Gavin Strang
Mr Andrew Stunell
David Taylor
Dr Richard Taylor
Mr Simon Thomas
Dr Jenny Tonge
Jon Trickett
Mr Dennis Turner
Mr Paul Tyler
Mr Bill Tynan
Dr Rudi Vis
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Robert N Wareing
Mr Michael Weir
Brian White
Mr John Wilkinson
Mrs Betty Williams
Hywel Williams
Mr Roger Williams
Mr Phil Willis
Pete Wishart
Mr Mike Wood
Tony Worthington
Mr James Wray
Derek Wyatt

  That this House applauds the courage and determination of more than 40 victim families who have come together to establish "Deepcut & Beyond: Armed Forces Families' Justice Campaign", an organisation that seeks truth for families of those whose death has not been investigated effectively, justice in holding to account and prosecuting those responsible, change to protect other families and prevent future deaths; supports the call for a full and independent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the four deaths at Deepcut; expresses its sadness that up to 2,000 members of Her Majesty's armed forces have lost their lives through non-natural causes since 1990 and sends condolences to all their families; notes that more than 200 deaths have been caused by discharge of firearms and further that more than 200 are described as self-inflicted; notes the growing public perception that the official response to these deaths is inadequate and distressing to the bereaved; believes the Army has a duty of care and protection towards all personnel, particularly young soldiers; believes that the culture of secrecy surrounding the varied causes of these deaths must give way to greater transparency; believes that the environment in which these deaths continue to occur and the absence of a system for prompt, effective and independent investigation of deaths has led to a breakdown in public confidence that can only be restored through a full and independent public inquiry; and urges the Government without delay to establish a Tribunal of Inquiry under the 1921 Act.






 
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