Question follow-through · 34850

Victoria Cross

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to review the adequacy of his Department's policy on the timescale within which a Victoria Cross can be awarded.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 3 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 5 Mar 2025
Answer: 31 Mar 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026

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Recorded timeline

3 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to review the adequacy of his Department's policy on the timescale within which a Victoria Cross can be awarded.
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Mar 2025
Answer published
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair Mayne’s brave actions and leadership in command of 1 SAS Regiment on Operation HOWARD in April 1945 were recognised with the award of a third bar to the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). Whilst he was originally recommende...

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