Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals
The question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, If he will publish the (a) terms of reference and (b) rules of procedure of the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations, and Medals.
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds
The Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (known as the HD Committee) is the policy-making body for the honours system. It was established in 1939 to coordinate the award of medals to the Armed Forces. After World War Two, its remit expanded to providing advice to The Sovereign on general honours issues.
Its terms of reference are to consider general questions relative to the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals; to review the Scales of award, both civil and military, to consider questions of new awards, and changes in the conditions governing existing awards.
Information about its role, and its membership, is published on gov.uk. The Government has no current plans to publish anything further in relation to its operation.
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