Nuclear Test Veterans Recognition 2023-06-22
2023-06-22
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Nuclear test veterans have made significant contributions but their recognition has been delayed.
What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to recognise the contribution of nuclear test veterans. The Office for Veterans' Affairs has opened a £200,000 nuclear test veteran community fund and a £250,000 oral history project to ensure that the veterans are never forgotten.
Nuclear test veterans played a valuable role in developing a nuclear deterrent that has ultimately kept Britain safe for decades. The Office for Veterans' Affairs has opened the £200,000 nuclear test veteran community fund and a £250,000 oral history project to ensure that the veterans of Britain's nuclear testing programme are never forgotten.
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Colin Moir, a British nuclear test veteran, applied for his commemorative medal but has not received it in time for Armed Forces Week.
Given that Mr Moir applied for his medal at the soonest opportunity and unfortunately has not received it in time for this Armed Forces Week, what assurances can my right hon. Friend give that medals will be received in time for Remembrance Sunday?
I recognise that the medallic recognition has taken a long time to achieve. The Government, for the first time in 60 years, have delivered on that medallic recognition. I want to ensure that those medals are in the hands of veterans who deserve them. I recognise the concerns around delays. I will be extremely disappointed if medals are not on the chests of nuclear test veterans at Remembrance Day this year.
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The specific assurance about the timing for distribution of medals was not given with a concrete commitment or timeline.
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