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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to enact legislation to give the Military Covenant a full legislative framework and to ensure that its provisions are implemented. We also petition the Prime Minister to increase spending on the armed forces to a minimum of 3 per cent of GDP. More details
Submitted by Councillor Alistair Thompson – Deadline to sign up by: 18 June 2008 – Signatures: 307
Petition update, 13 August 2008
You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "enact legislation to give the Military Covenant a full legislative framework and to ensure that its provisions are implemented. We also petition the Prime Minister to increase spending on the armed forces to a minimum of 3 per cent of GDP."The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:
http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16500
Prime Minister's Office
More details from petition creator
The Military Covenant says. Our Armed Forces will be called upon to make personal sacrifices, including the ultimate sacrifice in the service of the Nation. In putting the needs of the nation and Armed Forces, before their own, they forgo some of the rights enjoyed by those outside the Armed Forces. In return, servicemen and women must always be able to expect fair treatment, to be valued and respected as individuals, and that they (and their families) will be sustained and rewarded by commensurate terms and conditions of service. In the same way, the unique nature of military operations means that our Armed Forces differs from all other institutions, and must be sustained and provided for accordingly by the nation. This mutual obligation forms the Military Covenant between the nation, our Armed Forces and each individual member; an unbreakable common bond of identity, loyalty and responsibility which has sustained the armed forces and its servicemen and women throughout its history…
This Bill would apply to past members of our Armed Forces, reservists, auxiliaries, and foreign nationals including the Gurkhas.
Current signatories
Councillor Alistair Thompson, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Andrew Constantine, English Democrats
- Dick King
- S King
- Michelle Ruzzak
- tina ruzzak
- W A. Ruzzak
- Morag McAllister
- ANDY DEVINE
- Rod Ruzzak
- James Richard Johnson
- N King
- James
- Alison Harvey
- r whitworth
- Kath Capstick
- Barry KENWARD
- Cllr A Windebank
- Marjorie Bailey
- Andrew Michael
- Cdr J L Muxworthy RN
- Laura Harley
- J.Marriott
- Andy Bawden
- brian wilton
- Mark Seaman
- Alan S harris
- Charlotte Wheatstone
- Bernadette Snowden
- Alex Balmer
- Patrick Nicholls
- Jim Fleming
- ian george thompson
- george mckay
- Gerald Shimbart
- Elaine Shimbart
- Jenny Wride
- Monica Waters
- gilbert west
- Matthew Wesson
- paul thompson
- john thompson
- Alex Haydon
- PREM THATCHER
- Alex Wilkes
- Miles Willshire
- owen millward
- Chris Auckland
- Peter Thompson
- Matthew McAuliffe
- Ian Collier
- Niall McCormick
- James Anthony
- Nick MOnaghan
- Phil Puttock
- Gary Cooper
- John McAuliffe
- Scott Goodenough
- ross wisby
- keith garrard
- Mark Pendleton
- Lt Cdr RJH Griffiths
- James Gilligan
- chris
- pete allan
- Michael W Foster
- Edward Ackland
- Paul Stockell
- sam garbutt
- Chris Beaumont
- JOSH PLUMPTON
- Andrew Baldwin
- Sam Rees
- Alex concadoro
- Ellie Long
- Wayne Ashenden
- Jenny Gordon
- Stuart Gorin
- Richard Fowler
- Brett Ferris
- James Mccartney
- John Igoe
- Cllr Marc Brunel-Walker
- Suzanne Beckett
- Russ Miller
- Michael Davies
- Carol Tear
- alan keane
- Victoria Bateman - wife of soldier in Parachute Regiment
- richard Ghost
- Charlie Picking
- kirsty matthews
- Emma Jones
- henry woodason
- Diana Blake
- Peter Angus Ross
- Margaret Blatt
- Roy Harris
- Philip Day
- P F Reader
- Leanne Skelly
- naomi lehane
- James Williams
- Lester May
- Bill Glanvill
- Mike Asacret
- Vanessa Rennie
- Stephen Sayers
- Carol Roddy
- john street
- Sophie Wells
- Jonathan Richard Prince
- lance dowson
- tim dainton
- Patricia Brooks
- John A Thomson
- Robert Sweeney
- Jennifer E Foxcroft
- Elizabeth Blakesley
- MICHAEL RICHARD HARVEY
- D Hogarth
- h.harkness
- JASON BUXBAUM
- David Victor Allen
- Stephen Colin Snell
- Howard Giles
- J. Jaggard@btinternet.com
- wayne roff
- D Maddax
- Jenny Ryan
- Neil Armstrong
- Derek O'Malia
- Eric Luckman
- Glyn Salmon
- Lynda Smith
- Linda Baker
- Dan Shadrake
- John O'Neill
- M McDonnell
- Matt Hill (RE)
- Katharine Throp
- Stusrt Wraight
- laura watkins
- peter l terry
- Peter Realf
- valerie and brian pedley
- Charles Davidson
- Angus Drew
- Michael Cave
- Ross Mackenzie
- L.CoH Josh Thorn (CCF)
- Anne Morrison
- Carole Knight
- mr john andrews
- Michael Noakes
- Elizabeth McCrindle
- Alan Roy Petty
- mark fox
- Barrie Dempster
- David J Nickisson
- m j brighton
- joanne holton
- David McGowan
- David Mollington
- Jacqueline Berry-Lawrence
- jack watson
- Patrick Mullin
- Peggy Male
- andrew floyde
- michael antony parkinson
- Michael George Newton
- John Mulcahy
- Sam Hancock
- John Nieurzyla
- Edwatd F Jones
- michelle hutton
- David Morris
- Peter Wyatt
- Madeline Anderson
- Jamie Macdougall
- Richard Banks
- Franklin D'Souza
- sue Dudley
- Joseph long
- Robbie Walker
- Tim Albertson
- Keith Freeman
- RAYMOND F. BRUSOKAS
- Barbara Metherell
- James Good
- Richard Parry - Raf Regiment Gunner
- Loanna Morrison
- Robert Kavanagh
- J E Ashby ex QRIH
- Alastair Mclean (ex RAMC)
- G Lenain
- Elaine Nelson
- Matthew Alexander Oliver
- Richard Carling
- Nick Bewley
- randal kennerley
- Gail Kennerley
- Terry Lancaster
- Maxton Carter
- Thomas Lawler
- lynne richardson
- Laurie Graham
- samantha denyer
- Joan Bastock
- Kevin Richardson
- Dean Whiting
- cheryl huyton
- gareth williams
- thomas hobson
- Lou Scott-Attrill
- Christopher Rowe
- christopher ward
- kelly jones
- Silke Grace
- tracy barnard
- Danielle Parker
- caroline lemon
- Samantha Walsh
- Dawn Coleman
- nicola campbell-mudge
- Rachel Hall
- kevin Lemon
- David Grace
- Anne
- rebecca jukes
- sam wise
- Sharron McNair
- Joanna Durrant
- graeme kerray
- Nicola Graham
- Carol Boa
- Frederick Trauernicht
- Scott Allen
- K. Jane
- karen
- Julie Baker
- Robert McNair
- Angela Anderson
- darren barley
- robin tissington
- Melanie Tuffen
- dianne lings
- Ynez Jennings
- Caspar Eggert
- charlotte Hennahane
- Emma Walker
- Nicola Orchard
- Steve Coates
- Katie Lings
- Sarah Hazell
- Neil King
- Lindsey Weir
- Kayleigh Hebden
- TG McCabe
- Mrs Alden
- leanne suddaby
- Rob Sparrowe
- Michael Torr
- Nicki Smith
- Kieran Rhatigan
- lee yates
- Ashleigh Stephens
- Wesley Stephens
- John. W.BEECH
- Gregory Crosswell
- joe mc dermott
- kathryn dragon
- Ben Stockley
- Kevin Gilbert
- Dominic Mooney
- Neil MacQuarrie
- andy melbourne
- James Fallon
- Lindsy Schofield
- Lucy West
- Andrew Jones
- Stacey
- John Pote
- Gemma McIntee
- Adam Starr
- daniel Ives
- Sheila Paterson
- Kevin Foster
- Williamina Carroll
- philip camp
- JUlie moulds
- Paul Tuite
- John Ellingford
- Steve Hallett
- John McDonald
- JO CLUTTON
- david Millington
- Paul Faulds
- Will Davies
- Barbara Little
- Jeremy Taylor
- Geoffrey May
- Raymond Charles Alderton-Parr
- j cook
- D. Leadingham
- David Pope
- Kieran McGuigan
