Proceeding contribution from Stephen Pound (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 27 April 2006. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Honours System (Reform).
Honours System (Reform)
: My hon. Friend has been extraordinarily generous in giving way. I should say that when I was offered the Order of Merit, which I accepted with alacrity—it was the Order of Merit, officer class, of the Republic of Poland—I managed to maintain my objectivity. Has my hon. Friend been attracted by the American system, where there are few national honours? The principal honour is the congressional medal of honour, and the filter is that it has to be approved by Congress. I am reluctant to look to the United States for example in such a way, but has my hon. Friend been attracted to the idea of an honour bestowed by Parliament with a transparent allocation process?
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- 2005-06
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- Honours Reform Public Administration Select Committee
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