AWARD OF THE PINGAT JASA MALAYSIA MEDAL

Early day motion 107, tabled 17 May 2005 by Jeffrey Donaldson (DUP). Signed by 67 members.

That this House welcomes the announcement by the Malaysian Government that it wishes to award the Pingat Jasa Malaysia medal to all Commonwealth ex-service personnel who served in either the emergency or the confrontation in that country between 1957 and 1966; recalls that a number of British Army regiments, including the Royal Ulster Rifles, served in Borneo during that period together with other elements of the United Kingdom Armed Forces; notes that the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister has discussed the award of the medal with the Right honourable Member for Blackburn, the Foreign Secretary; and calls on the Government to permit British ex-service personnel to receive this medal as recognition of their valiant service to the Crown and the people of Malaysia.

Signatures by party: Labour 26, Conservative 22, Liberal Democrat 12, DUP 6, Scottish National Party 1.