MP promises further evidence of ‘shameful’ indifference On 25th June the British Nuclear Test Veterans’ Association (BNTVA) and John Baron MP will host a film screening in Parliament. The 40-minute film, entitled Nobody told us Anything, documents the test veterans’ participation in the British nuclear tests in Australia and the South Pacific in the...
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British Nuclear Test Veterans
John Baron MP hosts Parliamentary screening of Nuclear Test Veterans film
John Baron MP explains to the Prime Minister why nuclear test veterans are a special case
MP presses David Cameron on recognition campaign As part of the recognition campaign for the British nuclear test veterans, John Baron MP had a private meeting with the Prime Minister this afternoon to discuss the aims of the campaign. After previously hitting a brick wall with the MoD, John requested the meeting with the...
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John Baron MP promised meeting with Prime Minister over Nuclear Test Veterans
MP supporting recognition campaign John Baron MP has been assisting the British Nuclear Test Veterans’ Association (BNTVA) in their campaign of recognition for the veterans’ unique service in the 1950s and 1960s. Having initially approached the MoD and hitting a brick wall, John has been promised a meeting with the Prime Minister (following his...
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John Baron MP: Prime Minister differs with Ministers at PMQs over Nuclear Test Veterans
Prime Minister says discussions ongoing Today during Prime Minister’s Questions, John Baron MP asked the Prime Minister about the British nuclear test veterans. The British Nuclear Test Veterans’ Association (BNTVA), of which John is Patron, is running a campaign in support of the veterans, the aims of which are twofold: to secure oral or...
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John Baron MP speaks at nuclear test veterans’ lobby of Parliament
MP and BNTVA also hand in petition to No 10 Today John Baron MP (as Patron of the British Nuclear Test Veterans’ Association – BNTVA) and other Parliamentary colleagues joined nuclear test veterans, their families and descendents in their march on Parliament. The march, organised by the BNTVA, was in support of the test...
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John Baron MP urges Government to recognise debt of gratitude to nuclear test veterans
MP: Parliamentary Debate today marks second and final phase of campaign John Baron MP, Patron of the British Nuclear Test Veterans’ Association, will be speaking in a debate he has secured today urging the Government to finally recognise the debt of gratitude we owe our nuclear test veterans. Britain compares poorly to other countries...
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Nuclear test veterans take their fight to Parliament as Patron John Baron MP secures Westminster Hall debate
Our nuclear test veterans have been campaigning for official recognition for many years, and today marks a big step forward as their case is to be aired in a Parliamentary Westminster Hall debate led by their patron John Baron MP. For years our test veterans have felt forgotten and unacknowledged by the nation for...
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John Baron MP highlights nuclear test veterans campaign and calls for Government recognition
MP says Britain ranks low on the ‘international table of decency’ Yesterday in the House of Commons, MPs debated alternatives to the nuclear deterrent, in the light of the Trident Alternatives Review published on Tuesday. During the debate, John Baron MP raised the issue of the British nuclear test veterans, who took part...
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John Baron MP helps launch BNTVA recognition campaign
MP highlights art exhibition inspired by nuclear tests Today in Parliament, the British Nuclear Test Veterans’ Association (BNTVA) launched their campaign for official recognition by the nation for the contribution made by veterans of the British nuclear testing programme. As Patron of the BNTVA, John sponsored and spoke at the event, which was attended...
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John Baron MP launches next stage of British Nuclear Test Veterans’ Campaign
MP highlights contribution of Veterans Today in the House of Commons, during a debate on the nuclear deterrent, John Baron MP highlighted the debt of gratitude the country owes our nuclear test veterans, who in the 1950s and 1960s were instrumental to the creation of the British nuclear deterrent. John is Patron of...
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