Letter from Richard Tilbrook, Head of Honours and Appointments Secretariat, to my MP: Cabinet Office Head of the Honours and Appointments Secretariat 12 March 2014 NATIONAL DEFENCE MEDAL You wrote to the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 4 March on behalf of your constituent, Mr David Kelley...Chatteris...asking about the possibility of the introduction of a National Defence Medal. As you know, the Prime Minister invited Sir John Holmes, a retired senior diplomat, to carry out a review of the rules governing the awarding of military medals. This includes a review of the case for some form of National Defence Medal, to recognise all military service. Work on this has begun, but as Sir John Holmes noted in his interim report of July 2012, the National Defence Medal is an issue of broad national significance. lt would require a broad political and public consensus and, therefore, consideration by the Government as a whole, in consultation with other political parties and concerned organisations. I would like to reassure you that the Government will give full consideration to whatever recommendations are made by Sir John. Richard Tilbrook Head of Honours and Appointments Secretariat. A classic case of obfuscation and waffle in my humble opinion. It is also another demonstration of the total lack of transparency we were promised by non-other than David Cameron the Prime Minister.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 11:14:17 +0000
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