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Honours System (Reform)

: I shall make a simple point. We can see a conservative point to keeping the same letters—there is continuity with the past. People who have received the OBE, CBE or MBE would not feel affronted that their awards were disappearing and others would feel that they were getting the same letters after their name. Most people in my constituency who get such awards think that they get them from the Queen, our Head of State. Irrespective of what one thinks about the monarchy, when they collect their award at the palace, that is what makes their day.