MP Chris Bryant calls for PC Keith Palmer to get George Medal
He was always one of the friendliest
An MP who was locked inside Parliament during the attack on Westminster has told Good Morning Britain that the police officer who was killed should receive a posthumous George Medal.
Chris Bryant, who was voting on the pensions bill alongside his peers, said he was locked in for "several hours" and that there were terrified children and "frail" elderly people who waited inside as the atrocities unfolded.
Of PC Keith Palmer, who was stabbed to death by the terrorist in the grounds of Parliament, Bryant said: "He was always one of the friendliest and you do get to know every member of the 'family'".
He later told us: "I hope that we will be able to give PC Palmer the George Medal posthumously, it's the least we can do, and make sure that his family are well provided for. I think that as a nation is something we owe to his family."
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