"That this House notes that on 2nd March 1916 all unmarried men aged 18 to 41 years were deemed to have enlisted in the British Army as a consequence of the Military Service Act 1916 which simultaneously introduced compulsory military service and the right to conscientious objection to military service to Great Britain for the first time;
recognises that all taxpayers currently contribute a portion of their taxes to the military with no means to object on grounds of conscience;
believes that 90 years after the right to withhold one's physical service to the military was first recognised by Parliament at the height of the First World War, a system to enable conscientious objectors to war not to contribute financially to the military via their taxes should be established;
supports the principle of conscientious objection as a basic human right;
and therefore believes the military portion of tax contributions from conscientious objectors to war should be directed to a Government-controlled fund specifically for promoting peace and security without violence."
(tabled by Linda Riordan MP on 15 February 2006)
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| Blaydon |
David Anderson (Lab Hold) |
| Bristol E |
Kerry McCarthy (Lab Hold) |
| Worsley |
Barbara Keeley (Lab Hold) |
| Wakefield |
Mary Creagh (Lab Hold) |
| Denton & Reddish |
Andrew Gwynne (Lab Hold) |
| Hull N |
Diana Johnson (Lab Hold) |
| Tooting |
Sadiq Khan (Lab Hold) |
| Manchester Withington |
John Leach (LD Gain) |
| Cheltenham |
Martin Horwood (LD Hold) |
| Bristol W |
Stephen Williams (LD Gain) |
| Leeds NW |
Greg Mulholland (LD Gain) |
| Ceredigion |
Mark Williams (LD Gain) |
| Hammersmith & Fulham |
Greg Hands (Con gain) |
| Weston-Super-Mare |
John Penrose (Con gain) |
| Hornchurch |
James Brokenshire (Con gain) |
| Kettering |
Phil Hollobone (Con gain) |
| Northampton S |
Brian Binley (Con gain) |
| Preseli Pembrokeshire |
Stephen Crabb (Con gain) |
| Scarborough & Whitby |
Robert Goodwill (Con gain) |
| Shrewsbury & Atcham |
David Kawczynski (Con gain) |
| St Albans |
Anne Main (Con gain) |
Declare yourself as a conscientious objector to the Treasury!
Go to the Peace Tax Return page to download a form.
A Peace Tax Return is for anyone who objects to military spending, on grounds of conscience, and wants to ask the Treasury not to use their taxes for war or preparation for war. It is not an official Inland Revenue form but it should be!
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