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Medals (Armed Forces Personnel)

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

472 c181-204WH 

Session

2007-08

Department

Ministry of Defence

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Andrew Murrison | 472 c198-200WH (Link to this contribution) I suspect that my hon. Friend's knowledge of such matters surpasses that of anyone else in the House...

Derek Twigg | 472 c200-3WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Mr. Jones) on securing this debate on med...

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Patrick Mercer | 472 c198WH (Link to this contribution) What about the Kabul to Kandahar star issued for operations between July 1880 and February 1881?

Lindsay Hoyle | 472 c203WH (Link to this contribution) Can the Minister suggest whether the MOD is minded to support or oppose the proposed medal? There mu...

Derek Twigg | 472 c203WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my hon. Friend understands that while discussions are taking place it would be inappr...

Mike Hancock | 472 c193-4WH (Link to this contribution) I offer my congratulations to the hon. Member for North Durham (Mr. Jones), although I share the sur...

Andrew Mackinlay | 472 c192WH (Link to this contribution) The fact is that many other operations have distinctive medals, but there is no recognition of the f...

Patrick Mercer | 472 c192WH (Link to this contribution) Surely, the aircrew Europe star already exists.

Andrew Mackinlay | 472 c191-2WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to you, Miss Begg, and to my hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Mr. Jones), whom...

Speaker | 472 c191WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I remind hon. Members not to refer to anyone outside this immediate part of the Chamber. I sh...

Patrick Mercer | 472 c190-1WH (Link to this contribution) As always, I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who makes the points so much more articulately than I ca...

Andrew Murrison | 472 c196-8WH (Link to this contribution) I draw the attention of the Chamber to my entry in the Register of Members' Interests. I am a servin...

Paul Rowen | 472 c196WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for North Durham (Mr. Jones) on securing this debate and other hon. M...

Lindsay Hoyle | 472 c195-6WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Mr. Jones) and the Daily Mirror on their ...

David Wright | 472 c194-5WH (Link to this contribution) I add my congratulations to those that have been given to my hon. Friend the Member for North Durham...

Patrick Mercer | 472 c184WH (Link to this contribution) For the record, we ought to point out that Sir Richard Dannatt carries the military cross, which he ...

Lord Beamish | 472 c184WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend. Anyone who has met amputees at Headley Court or Selly Oak would find it...

David Wright | 472 c186WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend covers a point raised by my hon. Friend the Member for North-West Leicestershire (Dav...

Lord Beamish | 472 c184-6WH (Link to this contribution) I am aware of Sir Richard Dannatt's military cross and that it was well deserved—credit to him for t...

Lindsay Hoyle | 472 c184WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on introducing the debate—it is an important topic and it captures the...

Bernard Jenkin | 472 c190WH (Link to this contribution) I echo my hon. Friend's congratulations to the hon. Member for North Durham (Mr. Jones) on securing ...

David Leslie Taylor | 472 c186-7WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way again so close to the end of his significant contribu...

Lord Beamish | 472 c186WH (Link to this contribution) They would. The United States extended the award to acts of terrorism for that reason—for example, b...

Patrick Mercer | 472 c187-90WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for North Durham (Mr. Jones) on securing this debate. I am grateful t...

Lord Beamish | 472 c187WH (Link to this contribution) That would be a clear indication of one simple thing—that we care about those individuals and that w...

Lord Beamish | 472 c181-2WH (Link to this contribution) I would like to start by saying how pleased I am to have secured the debate so that we can discuss, ...

Lord Beamish | 472 c183WH (Link to this contribution) I recognise what the hon. Gentleman says and I will refer to it later. I do not for think for one mi...

Bob Spink | 472 c182-3WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on bringing a very important issue before the House. Last Sunday, ...

Lord Beamish | 472 c182WH (Link to this contribution) I shall return to that subject later. Most people I speak to are amazed that there is no such recogn...

David Leslie Taylor | 472 c182WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on obtaining the debate. I, too, was pleased to attend the launch of t...

Lord Beamish | 472 c183-4WH (Link to this contribution) I shall refer to the purple heart later. Anyone who has met American veterans will know that they ar...

David Wright | 472 c183WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way; I respect him and his campaign, and support it whole...

Patrick Mercer | 472 c203WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way?

Derek Twigg | 472 c203-4WH (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman does not mind, I would like to finish my remarks. We must understand that the...

Subjects

Armed forces Casualties Iraq Medals Military decorations Afghanistan

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