Business of the House

Jason McCartney Excerpts

Thursday 16th October 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mr Hague]

I am not setting a date. I do not have a date for tabling money resolutions, which is the answer to the question. Therefore, that answer should be sufficient for the hon. Gentleman.

[Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con)]

With our armed forces now serving in the skies over Iraq, does my right hon. Friend agree that it would be a good time to look again at the introduction of a national defence medal to give proper recognition to our nation’s military veterans?

[Mr Hague]

It is a good time to remember what the Royal Air Force and others do on our behalf, and we debated that in this House at the end of September. The full merits of the specific proposal to introduce a national defence medal was considered at length by the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Declarations and Medals, which concluded that a strong enough case had not been made at this time for a national defence medal, but I have no doubt that my hon. Friend will continue to advocate it.