Asked by: Carol Monaghan (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Advisory Military Sub-Committee has met in 2020.
Answered by Johnny Mercer - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Minister for Veterans' Affairs)
Further to the answer given to PQ 25154 on 9 March 2020, campaigners can be assured their case is under review and recommendations will be made as soon as possible.
The criteria used by the Advisory Military Sub-Committee to review the case for medals can be found at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/830839/Advisory-Military-Sub-Committee-Terms-of-Reference-2019-1-1.pdf.
The Advisory Military Sub Committee met three times in 2019, and on 4 February 2020.
Asked by: Carol Monaghan (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Advisory Military Sub-Committee has heard representation on the case for service medals for veterans who were present at British nuclear tests.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The assessment of historic medals claims is a matter for the independent Advisory Military Sub-Committee (AMSC). Campaigners can be assured their case is under review and recommendations will be made as soon as possible.
Asked by: Carol Monaghan (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to modernise the process of electoral registration.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
Work on modernising the process of electoral registration is already under way. I recently announced 23 pilots across Great Britain - including Glasgow - designed to modernise the annual canvass. We are also sponsoring work in Grampian on using private sector data to make registration more efficient.