Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 21 May 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 48 members in total.

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QUEEN'S JUBILEE MEDAL AND MERCHANT SEAMEN

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.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1366 

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Anniversaries Eligibility Festivals and special occasions Merchant shipping Medals Elizabeth II, Queen Golden Jubilee 2002

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk