Veterans: Medals
(asked on 12th January 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to award service medals to nuclear test veterans.
This question was answered on 18th January 2021
The outcome of the review by the independent Advisory Military Sub-Committee (AMSC) into the case of medallic recognition for veterans who participated in the British Nuclear Test programme was published by the Cabinet Office on 10 December 2020. The AMSC concluded that the case did not meet the level of risk and rigour which is generally required for the award of a campaign medal or clasp and the Ministry of Defence respects the findings of the independent review.