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QUEEN'S JUBILEE MEDAL AND MERCHANT SEAMEN

EDM number 1366 in 2001-02, proposed by Paul Holmes on 21/05/2002.

That this House strongly disapproves of the Government's refusal to extend the eligibility to the Queen's Jubilee medal beyond serving members of the armed forces and Royal Fleet Auxiliary and 999 emergency services meeting length of service criteria and holders of the George or Victoria Crosses; especially deplores the failure to redress this historic lack of formal recognition given to members of the Merchant Navy, whose massive sacrifice in the Second World War kept Great Britain and the Soviet Union from defeat; furthermore, pays tribute to the 33,000 merchant seaman who between 1939 and 1945 paid for the defence of their country with their lives; regards this latest snub as all the more insulting given the coincidence of the Jubilee and the 20th anniversary of the reclamation of the Falklands Islands, in which merchant sailors played an essential role; and calls for an immediate reversal of the Government's position.

This motion has been signed by a total of 48 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Holmes21/05/2002ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratProposed
Alistair Carmichael21/05/2002Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross21/05/2002TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis21/05/2002Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
John Barrett21/05/2002Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock21/05/2002Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Green21/05/2002LudlowLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey21/05/2002Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Chidgey21/05/2002EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke21/05/2002Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed21/05/2002South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake21/05/2002Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Oaten21/05/2002WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
David Laws21/05/2002YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Lamb21/05/2002North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey21/05/2002North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell21/05/2002ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
David Rendel21/05/2002NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Reid21/05/2002Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh21/05/2002SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable22/05/2002TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley22/05/2002Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Andrew George22/05/2002St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Annabelle Ewing22/05/2002PerthScottish National PartySigned
Paul Marsden22/05/2002Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones22/05/2002CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Smyth22/05/2002Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Paul Burstow22/05/2002Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Angus Robertson23/05/2002MorayScottish National PartySigned
Andrew Rosindell23/05/2002RomfordConservativeSigned
Lindsay Hoyle23/05/2002ChorleyLabourSigned
Julian Lewis23/05/2002New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Roy Beggs23/05/2002East AntrimUUPSigned
Paul Tyler23/05/2002North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Weir23/05/2002AngusScottish National PartySigned
Iris Robinson10/06/2002StrangfordDUPSigned
Alex Salmond11/06/2002Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Andrew Stunell11/06/2002Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt12/06/2002Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
John Lyons13/06/2002Strathkelvin & BearsdenLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore13/06/2002HendonLabourSigned
Ian Davidson17/06/2002Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Patsy Calton18/06/2002CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Albert Owen25/06/2002Ynys MLabourSigned
John McDonnell02/07/2002Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alan Simpson04/07/2002Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
George Mudie04/07/2002Leeds EastLabourSigned
Tony Clarke17/07/2002Northampton SouthLabourSigned

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