I want to know the answer to the following question:
What was instituted to serve as a lower award granting recipients affiliation?
All the background I'm provided with is that "In 2004, a report entitled "A Matter of Honour: Reforming Our Honours System" by a Commons committee recommended to phase out the Order of the British Empire, as its title was "now considered to be unacceptable, being thought to embody values that are no longer shared by many of the country’s population".". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: no