Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to make an announcement on recommendations relating to the award of the National Defence Medal.

Sir John Holmes’ further work to implement the recommendations set out in his Military Medals Review included a review of the case for some form of National Defence Medal, to recognise all military service. As Sir John noted in his report of July 2012, the National Defence Medal is an issue of national significance which would require a broad political and public consensus and consideration by the government as a whole, in consultation with other political parties and concerned organisations.