Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing a National Defence Medal for those who served in the armed forces.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on Friday 2 June by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Veterans' Affairs in the Cabinet Office (Johnny Mercer), to the hon. Member for Bosworth (Dr Luke Evans) in response to Question 187235.