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Question for short debate on Thursday, 17 July 2008, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Lipsey. The answering member was Baroness Taylor of Bolton.


Armed Forces: Wounded Personnel

Lords question for short debate on whether they will issue medals to all British military personnel who have been seriously wounded in the Afghan and Iraqi campaigns.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
703 c152-60GC 
Session
2007-08
Department
Ministry of Defence
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Proceeding contributions
Lord Astor of Hever | 703 c156-7GC (Link to this contribution) I, too, add my thanks to those offered to the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, for introducing this debate. ...
Lord Lipsey | 703 c155GC (Link to this contribution) We are now giving medals for people who have been killed in precisely the same circumstances that th...
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Lord Lee of Trafford | 703 c155-6GC (Link to this contribution) It is very apposite that we are having this debate today, only a couple of hours after the Secretary...
Lord Lee of Trafford | 703 c156GC (Link to this contribution) That is a matter of some difficulty. The noble Earl refers to the final section of my speech, in whi...
Earl Attlee | 703 c155GC (Link to this contribution) I was saying that we should not automatically issue medals to those killed or injured. We could be i...
Baroness Taylor of Bolton | 703 c157-60GC (Link to this contribution) This has been a relatively brief debate, but it has caused some strong feelings. There has been a di...
Earl Attlee | 703 c154-5GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, for introducing this Question for Short Debate. I remi...
Lord Lipsey | 703 c152-3GC (Link to this contribution) asked Her Majesty’s Government whether they will issue medals to all British military personnel who ...
Earl Attlee | 703 c156GC (Link to this contribution) How would the noble Lord treat a road traffic accident in an operational theatre such as Afghanistan...
Subjects
Armed forces Casualties Injuries Iraq Peacekeeping operations Medals Military decorations Afghanistan
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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