Awards for Valour (Protection) Bill examined
6 September 2016
The Defence Committee examines the background and issues around the Awards for Valour (Protection) Bill with its sponsor and experts.
- Watch Parliament TV: Awards for Valour (Protection) Bill
- Inquiry: Awards for Valour (Protection) Bill
- Defence Committee
Witnesses
Tuesday 6 September 2016, The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
At 11.30am
- Gareth Johnson MP, Bill Sponsor
At 12.15pm
- Professor Edgar Jones, Professor in the History of Medicine and Psychiatry, Kings College London
- Wing Commander (Rtd) Dr Hugh Milroy OBE, Chief Executive, Veterans Aid
- Professor Ian Palmer, Professor of Military Psychiatry
Purpose of the session
The Awards for Valour (Protection) Bill, a Private Members Bill sponsored by Gareth Johnson MP, was given its First Reading in the House of Commons on 29 June 2016.
In summary it will seek to "prohibit the wearing or public display, by a person not entitled to do so, of medals or insignia awarded for valour, with the intent to deceive".
In this session the Committee will seek to explore some of the thematic and policy issues that might lie behind the Bill, and the nature of the problem that it is seeking to address.