Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Science – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 November 1964.
Does the Prime Minister realise that the 128 living holders of the George Cross will be very disappointed with that reply, as will the 237 living holders of the Victoria Cross? When this matter came up on 28th July, 1959, four very prominent members of the Labour Party strongly supported it. They were Mr. Hugh Gaitskell, who was then the Leader of the Opposition, the right hon. Members for Easington (Mr. Shinwell) and Bassetlaw (Mr. Bellenger) and Mr. Aneurin Bevan, who was then Member of Parliament for Ebbw Vale.