Top Ten Key References

1.	The PJM Timeline
(http://www.fight4thepjm.org/the_pjm_timeline.htm)

What has happened and when during this campaign, with links to supporting data.

2.	Ministerial Statement 31st January 2006
(http://www.veteransagency.mod.uk/medals/pingat.html)

Announced the PJM recommendation.  Contains two ‘rules’ which allegedly were set aside so British citizens could receive the PJM and then immediately invoked to stop them wear the medal - ludicrous, untenable, and mean-spirited.

3.	Petition to The Queen
(http://www.fight4thepjm.org/whatwesay_Petition_to_The_Queen.htm)

This Petition was handed in at Buckingham Palace in June 2006 and The Queen read it and in a warm acknowledgement She noted the people worldwide who wished to wear the PJM.  She passed it to the Foreign Secretary for consideration.

4.	Rebuttals of the content of Ministerial Statement
(http://www.fight4thepjm.org/whatwesay_rebuttal.htm)

The Ministerial Statement is flawed and misleading.  The two Rebuttals detail many examples of Foreign (and British) medals accepted for wear by the Queen that contradict the Ministerial Statement’s two key claims.

5.	Statement and Question in Parliament

a.(http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm060706/debtext/60706-0840.htm#06070668001299)

Don Touhig, a Defence Minister at the time of the Ministerial Statement, makes the case for the PJM to be worn.

b. (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/cgi-bin/newhtml_hl?DB=semsimple&STEMMER=en&WORDS=pingat&ALL=&ANY=&PHRASE=&CATEGORIES=&SIMPLE=pingat&SPEAKER=&COLOUR=Red&STYLE=s&ANCHOR=muscat_highlighter_first_match&URL=/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm061017/text/61017w0018.htm#muscat_highlighter_first_match)

Katy Clark MP asks the Foreign Secretary when the HD Committee will report.  Mrs Beckett hopes “by the end of November” … we are still waiting.

6.	Commons Support
(http://www.fight4thepjm.org/lobby_mp.htm)

a.  EDMs that explain the problem:  356 (Don Touhig) and 375 (Michael Mates)

b.  Over 250 MPs support our case - and that support grows daily.

c.  This is a cross party matter and both MPs who tabled EDMs have signed each others EDMs so both will confirm the justice in our case. 

7.	Support from the Scottish Parliament
(http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/petitions/docs/PE991.htm)

In November Fight4thePJM presented a Petition to the Scottish Parliament.  The Public Petitions Committee called the Government’s PJM decision ‘ludicrous’ and has written to the HD Committee for an explanation.  We await their reply

8.	BBC Support
(http://www.fight4thepjm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1187)

a.  Our campaign was raised as an issue on a local Radio show.  The response from around the world was so great, that the item was continued.  The BBC program reporter/researcher was so incensed that, encouraged by support from 100% of listeners, she has decided to take a People’s Petition to the Foreign Office (the lead Department for this matter) and the Cabinet Office (Contact:  BBC Radio Solent, Julian Clegg show mailto:julianclegg@bbc.co.uk  or the reporter  mailto:j.palmer@bbc.co.uk  or telephone 0845 30 30 961 for information). 

b.  As a result of what she heard on this show, Sandra Gidley MP wrote to The Queen (see http://www.fight4thepjm.org/documents/Gidley_Queen_160107.jpg)

9.	Worldwide Support
(http://www.fight4thepjm.org/)

Support for our case comes from 30 countries on 5 continents. 

10.	Conservative Party Review of Foreign Decorations Rules
(http://www.fight4thepjm.org/documents/benyon_to_baf_reMH_291106.jpg)

The Conservative Defence team supports us and Shadow Secretaries have demonstrated that support (Dr Fox and Mark Harper have signed the EDMs in support).   Furthermore, the Conservatives have stated they will review both the Foreign Decorations Rules that they see have been applied so inconsistently, and the PJM itself if the issue has not been previously resolved.  The Conservative MPs who have made that commitment have also signed up to support our case for the PJM to be worn.