The Awards for Valour (Protection) Bill
- Submitted by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 January 2017
- Motion reference: S5M-03302
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 02 February 2017
That the Parliament notes the view that people in North East Scotland and across the country who falsely wear medals claiming to have earned them deserve punishment; understands that a survey suggested that almost two thirds of members of the forces' community had personally come across people wearing medals or insignia awarded to someone else; notes the Awards for Valour (Protection) Bill, which has been introduced in the House of Commons by Gareth Johnson MP as a private member’s bill; understands that this aims to give adequate protection to close family members of service personnel who have died or been injured and to allow them to wear their decorations at special commemorations, effectively on the family member's behalf, and notes the calls for MPs of all parties to vote for the bill.
Supported by:
Jackie Baillie, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Bill Bowman, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Jackson Carlaw, Peter Chapman, Maurice Corry, Murdo Fraser, Maurice Golden, Iain Gray, Jamie Greene, Rachael Hamilton, Alison Harris, John Lamont, Dean Lockhart, Richard Lyle, Margaret Mitchell, Edward Mountain, Oliver Mundell, Douglas Ross, Liz Smith, Alexander Stewart, Ross Thomson, David Torrance, Annie Wells, Brian Whittle