National Defence Medal (EDM881)

National Defence Medal

EDM number 881 in 2012-13, proposed by Jim Dobbin on 07/01/2013.
Categorised under the topic of Veterans.

That this House notes the significant personal sacrifice armed forces personnel make in their service to the nation once they take the oath or affirmation of allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen; acknowledges that ex-service personnel are proud to receive and wear Her Majesty's Veterans Badge, but notes that it is not awarded posthumously and it is considered by many to be insufficient recognition for the contribution veterans have made to the safety of the nation since the ending of the Second World War; and therefore calls on the Government to rescind its recent decision not to more appropriately recognise the veterans by the award of a national defence medal and instead to establish a working group to work with the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals, with a view to implementing a national defence medal as soon as possible.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jim Dobbin	07/01/2013	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Proposed
Bob Russell	07/01/2013	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jim Shannon	08/01/2013	Strangford	DUP	Seconded
John McDonnell	08/01/2013	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Alan Meale	08/01/2013	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Mary Glindon	08/01/2013	North Tyneside	Labour	Seconded
David Simpson	08/01/2013	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Lady Hermon	09/01/2013	North Down	Independent	Signed
Annette Brooke	09/01/2013	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	09/01/2013	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	09/01/2013	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	09/01/2013	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/01/2013	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	10/01/2013	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	10/01/2013	Gower	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	14/01/2013	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	14/01/2013	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Murphy	15/01/2013	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	15/01/2013	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	16/01/2013	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	16/01/2013	York Central	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	16/01/2013	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	18/01/2013	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Lindsay Roy	21/01/2013	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	13/02/2013	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Naomi Long	23/04/2013	Belfast East	Alliance	Signed

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