| Heading: |
South Yemen: General Service Medal |
| Question ID: |
1816419 |
| UIN: |
62699 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5055 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Max Wilkinson
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| Asking Member handle: |
mpmwilko
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@mpmwilko
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of awarding the General Service Medal to military veterans who served in Aden during the early 1960s. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-03 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5235 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Al Carns
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Al Carns
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| Answer text: |
The award of the General Service Medal (GSM) for those who served in Aden during the early 1960s would be a matter for the independent Advisory Military Sub-Committee (AMSC) to consider, rather than the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The AMSC is a sub-committ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |