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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This motion has been signed by a total of 186 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Michael Mates02/12/2009East HampshireConservativeProposed
Lee Scott02/12/2009Ilford NorthConservativeSeconded
Peter Bottomley02/12/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Andrew Dismore03/12/2009HendonLabourSeconded
Nicholas Winterton03/12/2009MacclesfieldConservativeSeconded
Ann Winterton03/12/2009CongletonConservativeSeconded
John Hemming03/12/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds03/12/2009Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Alan Meale03/12/2009MansfieldLabourSigned
Philip Davies07/12/2009ShipleyConservativeSigned
Robert Wareing07/12/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Roger Berry07/12/2009KingswoodLabourSigned
Mike Hancock07/12/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Evans07/12/2009Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Frank Cook07/12/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell07/12/2009Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lepper07/12/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Nick Palmer07/12/2009BroxtoweLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders07/12/2009TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh07/12/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn07/12/2009JarrowLabourSigned
Bob Laxton07/12/2009Derby NorthLabourSigned
James Gray08/12/2009North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Martin Caton08/12/2009GowerLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell08/12/2009East LondonderryDUPSigned
Malcolm Bruce08/12/2009GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke08/12/2009Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed08/12/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Humble08/12/2009Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Nick Harvey08/12/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bone09/12/2009WellingboroughConservativeSigned
Lorely Burt09/12/2009SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech09/12/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Daniel Rogerson09/12/2009North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Jennifer Willott09/12/2009Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter09/12/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Willie Rennie09/12/2009Dunfermline & Fife WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis09/12/2009Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey09/12/2009Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Simpson09/12/2009Upper BannDUPSigned
Stephen Hesford09/12/2009Wirral WestLabourSigned
Paul Keetch09/12/2009HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Key09/12/2009SalisburyConservativeSigned
William McCrea09/12/2009South AntrimDUPSigned
Denis Murphy09/12/2009WansbeckLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell09/12/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Iris Robinson10/12/2009StrangfordDUPWithdrawn
David Tredinnick10/12/2009BosworthConservativeSigned
Frank Field10/12/2009BirkenheadLabourSigned
Lembit 10/12/2009MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Oaten10/12/2009WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins10/12/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Bob Russell10/12/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh10/12/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor14/12/2009North West LeicestershireLabourWithdrawn
Mike Gapes14/12/2009Ilford SouthLabourSigned
David Amess14/12/2009Southend WestConservativeSigned
Terry Rooney14/12/2009Bradford NorthLabourSigned
Don Touhig14/12/2009IslwynLabourSigned
Anthony D Wright14/12/2009Great YarmouthLabourSigned
John Mason15/12/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Anne Begg15/12/2009Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey15/12/2009West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy15/12/2009Ross, Skye & LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Smith15/12/2009Aberdeenshire West & KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Parmjit Dhanda15/12/2009GloucesterLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson16/12/2009Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Harry Cohen16/12/2009Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael16/12/2009Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Naysmith16/12/2009Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Chris Mullin16/12/2009Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Michael Moore16/12/2009Berwickshire, Roxburgh & SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Christopher Huhne16/12/2009EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon16/12/2009North DownUUPSigned
Tom Harris16/12/2009Glasgow SouthLabourSigned
Ian Taylor05/01/2010Esher & WaltonConservativeSigned
John Thurso05/01/2010Caithness, Sutherland & Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Steve Webb05/01/2010NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Pete Wishart05/01/2010Perth & Perthshire NorthScottish National PartySigned
Richard Younger-Ross05/01/2010TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Banks05/01/2010Ochil & Perthshire SouthLabourSigned
Andy Slaughter05/01/2010Signed
Chloe Smith05/01/2010Norwich NorthConservativeSigned
Alan Beith05/01/2010Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster05/01/2010BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Connarty05/01/2010Linlithgow & Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser05/01/2010DoverLabourSigned
Alan Reid05/01/2010Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Kate Hoey05/01/2010VauxhallLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins05/01/2010Luton NorthLabourSigned
George Howarth05/01/2010Knowsley North & Sefton EastLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle05/01/2010ChorleyLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber05/01/2010Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden05/01/2010Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham06/01/2010Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Richard Taylor06/01/2010Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Julia Goldsworthy07/01/2010Falmouth & CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Wood07/01/2010Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Andrew George07/01/2010St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson07/01/2010Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
David Howarth11/01/2010CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Williams11/01/2010Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Dari Taylor11/01/2010Stockton SouthLabourSigned
Paul Burstow11/01/2010Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Ottaway11/01/2010Croydon SouthConservativeSigned
Paul Holmes11/01/2010ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland12/01/2010Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Ancram12/01/2010DevizesConservativeSigned
Tom Brake12/01/2010Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Moss12/01/2010North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
John Horam12/01/2010OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Paul Rowen13/01/2010RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Widdecombe13/01/2010Maidstone & The WealdConservativeSigned
Joan Walley13/01/2010Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Matthew Taylor13/01/2010Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer13/01/2010KeighleyLabourSigned
Tom Clarke13/01/2010Coatbridge, Chryston & BellshillLabourSigned
Anne Moffat13/01/2010East LothianLabourSigned
Anne Main18/01/2010St AlbansConservativeSigned
Angela Smith18/01/2010Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Robert Walter18/01/2010North DorsetConservativeSigned
Ian Stewart18/01/2010EcclesLabourSigned
Hywel Francis18/01/2010AberavonLabourSigned
Julie Morgan18/01/2010Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Danny Alexander19/01/2010Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
Desmond Turner19/01/2010Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
David Borrow19/01/2010South RibbleLabourSigned
Bill Etherington19/01/2010Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Drew19/01/2010StroudLabourSigned
Jon Cruddas19/01/2010DagenhamLabourSigned
Albert Owen19/01/2010Ynys MLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz19/01/2010Edinburgh North & LeithLabourSigned
Clive Betts20/01/2010Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Patrick Hall20/01/2010BedfordLabourSigned
Bill Olner20/01/2010NuneatonLabourSigned
Shona McIsaac20/01/2010CleethorpesLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp20/01/2010Houghton & Washington EastLabourSigned
Kim Howells20/01/2010PontypriddLabourSigned
Stephen Pound20/01/2010Ealing NorthLabourSigned
David Cairns21/01/2010InverclydeLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd21/01/2010Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
David Crausby21/01/2010Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell25/01/2010Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Katy Clark26/01/2010Ayrshire North & ArranLabourSigned
Norman Baker26/01/2010LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Dobson26/01/2010Holborn & St PancrasLabourSigned
John Mann26/01/2010BassetlawLabourSigned
Vincent Cable27/01/2010TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson27/01/2010East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Angus MacNeil28/01/2010Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Angus Robertson28/01/2010MorayScottish National PartySigned
Norman Lamb29/01/2010North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Hugh Bayley29/01/2010York, City ofLabourSigned
Lindsay Roy01/02/2010GlenrothesLabourSigned
Betty Williams01/02/2010ConwyLabourSigned
Clive Efford01/02/2010ElthamLabourSigned
Ian McCartney01/02/2010MakerfieldLabourSigned
Simon Hughes01/02/2010North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt02/02/2010Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Tim Farron02/02/2010Westmorland & LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams03/02/2010CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Featherstone03/02/2010Hornsey & Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Syms03/02/2010PooleConservativeSigned
David Heyes03/02/2010Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Clare Short04/02/2010Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Barry Sheerman05/02/2010HuddersfieldLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd05/02/2010Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Bruce George08/02/2010Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Stephen Williams09/02/2010Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink10/02/2010Castle PointIndependentSigned
John Austin10/02/2010Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Sarah Teather22/02/2010Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Gary Streeter22/02/2010South West DevonConservativeSigned
David Blunkett22/02/2010Sheffield, BrightsideLabourSigned
Frank Doran22/02/2010Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Humfrey Malins22/02/2010WokingConservativeSigned
Susan Kramer24/02/2010Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Stuart24/02/2010Beverley & HoldernessConservativeSigned
Austin Mitchell02/03/2010Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
David Heath11/03/2010Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean16/03/2010BurtonLabourSigned
Brian Iddon16/03/2010Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Douglas Carswell24/03/2010HarwichConservativeSigned
Diane Abbott29/03/2010Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne06/04/2010Ayr, Carrick & CumnockLabourSigned
Evan Harris07/04/2010Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned

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