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Posthumous Medals For Supreme Sacrifice

EDM number 257 in 2000-01, proposed by Harry Barnes on 26/01/2001.

That this House warmly supports the proposal put forward by Rita Restorick, and others such as the Royal British Legion, the Gulf Veterans, the Falklands Families and the South Atlantic Medal Association, that a posthumous medal, similar to the US Purple Heart, be presented to the next of kin of troops killed in action so that it can be worn with pride on Remembrance Day; accepts that suitable criteria for such a medal need be carefully defined and that this is best done by the Ministry of Defence in consultation with the Royal British Legion and forces' associations; but believes that servicemen and women who are killed in the line of duty have made the supreme sacrifice and deserve recognition for this in the form of a medal, as well as the Government's proposed memorial in central London.

This motion has been signed by a total of 108 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Harry Barnes26/01/2001North East DerbyshireLabourProposed
Nigel Griffiths26/01/2001Edinburgh SouthLabourSigned
Bridget Prentice26/01/2001Lewisham EastLabourSigned
David Rendel26/01/2001NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell26/01/2001ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Smith26/01/2001West Aberdeenshire & KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Iddon26/01/2001Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Eric Illsley26/01/2001Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Alan Keen26/01/2001Feltham & HestonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Julian Lewis26/01/2001New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Peter Lilley26/01/2001Hitchin & HarpendenConservativeSigned
Richard Livsey26/01/2001Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Mates26/01/2001East HampshireConservativeSigned
Michael Moore26/01/2001Tweeddale, Ettrick & LauderdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Patrick Nicholls26/01/2001TeignbridgeConservativeSigned
Peter Brand26/01/2001Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Julian Brazier26/01/2001CanterburyConservativeSigned
Colin Breed26/01/2001South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Christine Butler26/01/2001Castle PointLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell26/01/2001Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Cotter26/01/2001Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Fabricant26/01/2001LichfieldConservativeSigned
Ronnie Fearn26/01/2001SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster26/01/2001BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Bruce George26/01/2001Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley26/01/2001RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Roy Beggs26/01/2001East AntrimUUPSigned
Peter Bottomley26/01/2001Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Andrew Stunell26/01/2001Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Jenny Tonge26/01/2001Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Turner26/01/2001WiganLabourSigned
Paul Tyler26/01/2001North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Pound29/01/2001Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice29/01/2001PendleLabourSigned
Ernie Ross29/01/2001Dundee WestLabourSigned
Ken Maginnis29/01/2001Fermanagh & South TyroneUUPSigned
Ian Bruce29/01/2001South DorsetConservativeSigned
Vincent Cable29/01/2001TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Gilroy29/01/2001Plymouth, SuttonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Robert Wareing29/01/2001Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Tony Wright29/01/2001Cannock ChaseLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle30/01/2001ChorleyLabourSigned
Joan Humble30/01/2001Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Barry Jones30/01/2001Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
John McFall30/01/2001DumbartonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Kevin McNamara30/01/2001Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
John McWilliam30/01/2001BlaydonLabourSigned
Ray Michie30/01/2001Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Maria Fyfe30/01/2001Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard30/01/2001WalthamstowLabourSigned
Ian Stewart30/01/2001EcclesLabourSigned
Jim Wallace30/01/2001Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Rammell31/01/2001HarlowLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara31/01/2001Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell31/01/2001Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Harry Cohen31/01/2001Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Frank Cook31/01/2001Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Tom Cox31/01/2001TootingLabourSigned
Norman Godman31/01/2001Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Win Griffiths31/01/2001BridgendLabourSigned
Mike Hancock31/01/2001Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis31/01/2001Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt31/01/2001Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner01/02/2001BolsoverLabourSigned
Nick Harvey01/02/2001North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ivan Henderson01/02/2001HarwichLabourSigned
John McDonnell01/02/2001Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alan Meale01/02/2001MansfieldLabourSigned
Eric Clarke01/02/2001MidlothianLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn01/02/2001Islington NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin01/02/2001Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Drew01/02/2001StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Harold Best01/02/2001Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe02/02/2001LeighLabourSigned
Paul Truswell02/02/2001PudseyLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore05/02/2001HendonLabourSigned
Mike Gapes05/02/2001Ilford SouthLabour Co-operativeSigned
Andrew George05/02/2001St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony McWalter07/02/2001Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ann Cryer07/02/2001KeighleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson08/02/2001Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Nigel Jones08/02/2001CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Russell Brown08/02/2001DumfriesLabourSigned
Michael Clapham08/02/2001Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham08/02/2001Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Clive Efford08/02/2001ElthamLabourSigned
Bill Etherington08/02/2001Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Betty Williams12/02/2001ConwyLabourSigned
John Cryer13/02/2001HornchurchLabourSigned
Donald Anderson13/02/2001Swansea EastLabourSigned
Rudi Vis13/02/2001Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins14/02/2001Luton NorthLabourSigned
Terry Davis14/02/2001Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Tony Clarke28/02/2001Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Eric Joyce05/03/2001Falkirk WestLabourSigned
Bill Tynan07/03/2001Hamilton SouthLabourSigned
John Major12/03/2001HuntingdonConservativeSigned
John Robertson13/03/2001Glasgow, AnnieslandLabourSigned
Andrew Miller15/03/2001Ellesmere Port & NestonLabourSigned
David Chidgey15/03/2001EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
David Clark15/03/2001South ShieldsLabourSigned
David Winnick15/03/2001Walsall NorthLabourSigned
Brian Mawhinney27/03/2001North West CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Jeff Ennis27/03/2001Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Michael Connarty28/03/2001Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Janet Dean04/04/2001BurtonLabourSigned
David Crausby05/04/2001Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Simon Hughes06/04/2001North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned

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