Labour has called for a full parliamentary review into the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) plans to employ private sector services.

The shadow defence secretary Vernon Coaker called for a review into the proposals, after highlighting past failures, saying: “The government doesn’t seem to have learned any lessons from its botched attempt to privatise defence procurement or the IT fiasco after it outsourced recruitment to the Armed Forces”.

The MoD has stated that the plans involve using the private sector to provide support to defence services.

The MoD has said that it is, “considering appointing a strategic business partner from the private sector to provide infrastructure support”, and that outsourcing and the privatisation of services do not factor in the proposals.

The winning bid for the defence infrastructure organisation contract is expected to be announced in February, with three consortiums bidding for the £400 million project.

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