Motion text
That this House condemns the Ministry of Justice's plans to hand a further £200m of public money to Serco; notes Serco's extensive record of failures, monitoring people with GPS technology; further notes that this contract replaces a prior contract with Capita; notes that since 2020 the Home Office has been dramatically expanding the number of people without British citizenship including people seeking asylum, and people born or raised in the UK who are forced into wearing electronic tags; notes the wide range of physical and mental harms caused by this practice; is concerned about dangers that targeting groups for sweeping surveillance powers poses; notes the complete lack of evidence of surveillance effectiveness as acknowledged in the Home Office's own documents; and demands that resources go to assisting people in need rather than paying profiteers to run mass surveillance programmes under the hostile environment immigration policy.
Signatures (22)
The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on
28 February 2024
Trickett, Jon
Labour
Signed on
1 March 2024
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on
4 March 2024
Abbott, Ms Diane
Independent
Signed on
4 March 2024
Russell-Moyle, Lloyd
Labour
Signed on
4 March 2024
Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on
4 March 2024
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
Mearns, Ian
Labour
Signed on
4 March 2024
Hollern, Kate
Labour
Signed on
4 March 2024
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on
4 March 2024
Webbe, Claudia
Independent
Signed on
4 March 2024
Sultana, Zarah
Labour
Signed on
5 March 2024
Whittome, Nadia
Labour
Signed on
5 March 2024
Dorans, Allan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
5 March 2024
McDonald, Andy
Independent
Signed on
6 March 2024
Morris, Grahame
Labour
Signed on
6 March 2024
Byrne, Ian
Labour
Signed on
7 March 2024
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on
12 March 2024
Hussain, Imran
Labour
Signed on
12 March 2024
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on
13 March 2024
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on
18 March 2024
Burgon, Richard
Labour
Signed on
21 March 2024
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on
26 March 2024
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.