Petition · past parliament
Give Captain Tom an MBE
Rejected
16 signatures
What the petition asks
Give 99 year old Captain Tom, who has raised £15 million for the NHS, an award in the Honours list. This could be an MBE or any other award that is deemed appropriate for his outstanding public service.
Captain Tom is a true hero and deserves recognition for his accomplishment. It is especially poignant due to his age and previous public service in the forces. This hero is so more deserving of an award than any of the so called celebrities that Regularly make this list For “entertaining”. Let’s turn this opportunity to reward someone into something much more meaningful to the general public.
Why it was rejected
The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.
Since you started your petition Her Majesty The Queen has approved a knighthood for Captain Tom Moore, in recognition of his outstanding achievement in raising nearly £33 million for NHS charities.
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You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
Timeline
| 16 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 May 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
16
Status
Rejected
Rejected
22 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.