RETENTION OF POLICE RESERVE IN NORTHERN IRELAND

Early day motion 539, tabled 3 February 2004 by David Burnside (UUP). Signed by 8 members.

That this House recognises the essential requirement for the retention of the full-time police reserve in Northern Ireland owing to the continued terrorist threat and widespread criminality in all sections of the community; calls on Her Majesty's Government to resist attempts to weaken policing by phasing out the full-time reserve next year; and commits itself to retaining the service of the reserve until its officers come to the end of their natural careers.

Signatures by party: DUP 3, UUP 3, Conservative 1, Labour 1.