The government came under pressure today to speed up its decision on how to regulate the burgeoning private military industry...recently beset by a number of scandals...The government...[said] its preferred option was to "promote high standards through a code of conduct agreed with and monitored by the government"...John Reid... consultant to G4S, which includes ArmorGroup...[said] "We need an insistence on common standards and a clear understanding that private personnel will not be engaged in offensive operations"....Yasmin Khan of War on Want said the lack of regulation was "giving a licence to kill to private military and security companies". [also refers to Erinys International]