Chris Ward

Chris Ward

Labour — Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Speaking in the House of Commons on 14 October 2024

Debate

LGBT Veterans

Contribution

LGBT veterans have suffered appalling injustice and ingratitude, including many in my Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven constituency. I welcome the update from the Minister, but he will know that it is recommendation 28 on financial redress and compensation that is causing concern among veterans. Because the report caps compensation at £50 million, the average payment per veteran might be as low as £12,500. The then Prime Minister, now the Leader of the Opposition, rightly told the House that the ban was “an appalling failure of the British state”.—[Official Report, 19 July 2023; Vol. 736, c. 897.] Will the Minister meet me and Fighting With Pride to discuss how we can take this forward to get fair and swift compensation?

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