National Defence Medal

EDM number 327 in 2009-10, proposed by Michael Mates on 02/12/2009.
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This motion has been signed by a total of 186 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Michael Mates	02/12/2009	East Hampshire	Conservative	Proposed
Lee Scott	02/12/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	02/12/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	03/12/2009	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Nicholas Winterton	03/12/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Seconded
Ann Winterton	03/12/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Seconded
John Hemming	03/12/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	03/12/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Alan Meale	03/12/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Philip Davies	07/12/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Robert Wareing	07/12/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Roger Berry	07/12/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/12/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	07/12/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Frank Cook	07/12/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	07/12/2009	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	07/12/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	07/12/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	07/12/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	07/12/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	07/12/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	07/12/2009	Derby North	Labour	Signed
James Gray	08/12/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	08/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	08/12/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	08/12/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/12/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	08/12/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	08/12/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	08/12/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bone	09/12/2009	Wellingborough	Conservative	Signed
Lorely Burt	09/12/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	09/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	09/12/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	09/12/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	09/12/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	09/12/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	09/12/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	09/12/2009	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	09/12/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Stephen Hesford	09/12/2009	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	09/12/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Key	09/12/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
William McCrea	09/12/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Denis Murphy	09/12/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	09/12/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	10/12/2009	Strangford	DUP	Withdrawn
David Tredinnick	10/12/2009	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Frank Field	10/12/2009	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Lembit	10/12/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	10/12/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	10/12/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	10/12/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	14/12/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn
Mike Gapes	14/12/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
David Amess	14/12/2009	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Terry Rooney	14/12/2009	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	14/12/2009	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	14/12/2009	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
John Mason	15/12/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Anne Begg	15/12/2009	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	15/12/2009	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	15/12/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	15/12/2009	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	15/12/2009	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	16/12/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Harry Cohen	16/12/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	16/12/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	16/12/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	16/12/2009	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	16/12/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	16/12/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	16/12/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Tom Harris	16/12/2009	Glasgow South	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	05/01/2010	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
John Thurso	05/01/2010	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	05/01/2010	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pete Wishart	05/01/2010	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	05/01/2010	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Banks	05/01/2010	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	05/01/2010			Signed
Chloe Smith	05/01/2010	Norwich North	Conservative	Signed
Alan Beith	05/01/2010	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	05/01/2010	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Connarty	05/01/2010	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	05/01/2010	Dover	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	05/01/2010	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Hoey	05/01/2010	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	05/01/2010	Luton North	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	05/01/2010	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	05/01/2010	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	05/01/2010	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	05/01/2010	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	06/01/2010	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	06/01/2010	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	07/01/2010	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	07/01/2010	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	07/01/2010	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	11/01/2010	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	11/01/2010	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dari Taylor	11/01/2010	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	11/01/2010	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Ottaway	11/01/2010	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	11/01/2010	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	12/01/2010	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Ancram	12/01/2010	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Tom Brake	12/01/2010	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Moss	12/01/2010	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
John Horam	12/01/2010	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Paul Rowen	13/01/2010	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	13/01/2010	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Joan Walley	13/01/2010	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	13/01/2010	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	13/01/2010	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	13/01/2010	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	13/01/2010	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	18/01/2010	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Angela Smith	18/01/2010	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	18/01/2010	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Ian Stewart	18/01/2010	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	18/01/2010	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	18/01/2010	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	19/01/2010	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	19/01/2010	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	19/01/2010	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	19/01/2010	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	19/01/2010	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	19/01/2010	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	19/01/2010	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	20/01/2010	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	20/01/2010	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	20/01/2010	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Shona McIsaac	20/01/2010	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	20/01/2010	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Kim Howells	20/01/2010	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	20/01/2010	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
David Cairns	21/01/2010	Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	21/01/2010	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	21/01/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	25/01/2010	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	26/01/2010	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	26/01/2010	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Dobson	26/01/2010	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
John Mann	26/01/2010	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	27/01/2010	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	27/01/2010	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	28/01/2010	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angus Robertson	28/01/2010	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Norman Lamb	29/01/2010	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	29/01/2010	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	01/02/2010	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	01/02/2010	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	01/02/2010	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	01/02/2010	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	01/02/2010	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	02/02/2010	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	02/02/2010	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	03/02/2010	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	03/02/2010	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Syms	03/02/2010	Poole	Conservative	Signed
David Heyes	03/02/2010	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	04/02/2010	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	05/02/2010	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	05/02/2010	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	08/02/2010	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	09/02/2010	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	10/02/2010	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
John Austin	10/02/2010	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	22/02/2010	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gary Streeter	22/02/2010	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
David Blunkett	22/02/2010	Sheffield, Brightside	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	22/02/2010	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Humfrey Malins	22/02/2010	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Susan Kramer	24/02/2010	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stuart	24/02/2010	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	02/03/2010	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
David Heath	11/03/2010	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	16/03/2010	Burton	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	16/03/2010	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Douglas Carswell	24/03/2010	Harwich	Conservative	Signed
Diane Abbott	29/03/2010	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	06/04/2010	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	07/04/2010	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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