Florence Eshalomi

Florence Eshalomi

Labour (Co-op) — Vauxhall and Camberwell Green

Speaking in the House of Commons on 12 December 2024

Debate

LGBT Veterans: Etherton Review

Contribution

I thank the Secretary of State for making a really passionate speech. My constituent Ed Hall, who is in the Gallery, was one of the founding members of the legal campaign to lift the ban. Ed was sacked from the Royal Navy for being gay in 1988 and founded the first legal challenge group in 1994. When I met him, he spoke about people who had been investigated, about humiliation and stigma, and about people who were sacked. Many were made homeless simply because of who they loved and their sexuality. Will the Secretary of State join me in commending my constituent Ed Hall for his tireless work? It has helped to deliver justice today for so many LGBT+ veterans, and which is, as Ed has said, “A close to the shameful chapter in recent British military history”.

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