Backbench Business — 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers — 18 Oct 2012 at 14:59

The majority of MPs voted to oppose the disbandment of the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (2RRF).

The motion approved by the majority of those MPs voting was:

  • That this House
  • opposes the disbandment of the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (2RRF);
  • notes that 2RRF is the only infantry battalion being cut that was not initially due for disbandment on military grounds;
  • further notes that 2RRF was instead caught by the Government’s additional criteria of only one battalion loss per regiment and no deletion of cap-badges, which has resulted in more poorly-recruited Scottish battalions being saved;
  • further notes the social and economic costs of disbandment;

and urges the Government to reverse its decision.

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Richard BaconSouth NorfolkCon (front bench)aye
Steve BarclayNorth East CambridgeshireCon (front bench)aye
John BaronBasildon and BillericayCon (front bench)aye
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastCon (front bench)aye
Crispin BluntReigateConaye
Peter BottomleyWorthing WestCon (front bench)aye
Dan BylesNorth WarwickshireCon (front bench)aye
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)aye
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)aye
David DaviesMonmouthCon (front bench)aye
Nick de BoisEnfield NorthCon (front bench)aye
Richard DraxSouth DorsetCon (front bench)tellaye
Jane EllisonBatterseaCon (front bench)aye
Mark FieldCities of London and WestminsterCon (front bench)aye
James GrayNorth WiltshireCon (front bench)aye
Andrew GriffithsBurtonCon (front bench)aye
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)aye
Bernard JenkinHarwich and North EssexCon (front bench)aye
Marcus JonesNuneatonCon (front bench)aye
Jeremy LefroyStaffordCon (front bench)aye
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)aye
Ian Liddell-GraingerBridgwater and West SomersetCon (front bench)aye
Jack LoprestiFilton and Bradley StokeCon (front bench)aye
Nigel MillsAmber ValleyCon (front bench)aye
David NuttallBury NorthCon (front bench)tellaye
Mark PawseyRugbyCon (front bench)aye
Andrew PercyBrigg and GooleCon (front bench)aye
Andrew RosindellRomfordCon (front bench)aye
Henry SmithCrawleyCon (front bench)aye
Bob StewartBeckenhamCon (front bench)aye
Martin VickersCleethorpesConaye
Charles WalkerBroxbourneCon (front bench)aye
Chris WhiteWarwick and LeamingtonCon (front bench)aye
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)tellno
Andrea LeadsomSouth NorthamptonshireCon (front bench)no
Patrick MercerNewarkContellno
Stephen PhillipsSleaford and North HykehamCon (front bench)no
Jacob Rees-MoggNorth East SomersetCon (front bench)no
David AndersonBlaydonLab (minister)aye
Nick BrownNewcastle upon Tyne EastLab (minister)aye
Jim CunninghamCoventry SouthLabaye
Simon DanczukRochdaleLab (minister)aye
Jim DobbinHeywood and MiddletonLabaye
Bill EstersonSefton CentralLab (minister)aye
Mary GlindonNorth TynesideLab (minister)aye
Paul GogginsWythenshawe and Sale EastLabaye
Kate HoeyVauxhallLab (minister)aye
Gerald KaufmanManchester, GortonLab (minister)aye
Barbara KeeleyWorsley and Eccles SouthLab (minister)aye
David LammyTottenhamLab (minister)aye
Ian MearnsGatesheadLab (minister)aye
Andrew MillerEllesmere Port and NestonLab (minister)aye
Grahame MorrisEasingtonLab (minister)aye
Paul MurphyTorfaenLab (minister)aye
Jonathan ReynoldsStalybridge and HydeLabaye
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLabaye
Graham StringerBlackley and BroughtonLab (minister)aye
Gerry SutcliffeBradford SouthLabaye
Joan WalleyStoke-on-Trent NorthLab (minister)aye
Alan BeithBerwick-upon-TweedLDem (front bench)aye
John HemmingBirmingham, YardleyLDem (front bench)aye
Simon HughesBermondsey and Old SouthwarkLDem (front bench)aye
Dan RogersonNorth CornwallLDem (front bench)aye
Bob RussellColchesterLDem (front bench)aye

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