Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lauren Sullivan (Labour), on Monday, 24 March 2025, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 7 members in total.

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Retrospective awarding of the Humanitarian Medal

That this House acknowledges the achievements of those firefighters historically who have responded to international disasters, especially those who were inspired in December 1989 to respond to the earthquake in Armenia after seeing the scenes of suffering and devastation there, and who have responded to other international disasters since in countries such as Bosnia, Tanzania, Japan and Ukraine; commends the efforts of retired firefighter Michael Evenson, now living in the Gravesham constituency, to raise awareness of what he and his colleagues did, especially those who have now died; and calls on the Government to make the Humanitarian Medal retrospective so that they can be duly honoured.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

987 

Session

2024-26

Other sponsors

Jim Shannon

Liz Saville Roberts

Ayoub Khan

Ben Lake

Ann Davies

Subjects

Armenia Disaster relief Fire and rescue services Medals Earthquakes

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk