Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 8161
Veterans: LGBT+ People
Tabled: 9 October 2024
Answered: 16 October 2024
Named DayQuestion
Ruth Cadbury
Labour — Brentford and Isleworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the amount of compensation available to LGBT veterans following the LGBT Veterans Independent Review, published in May 2023.
Answer
Al CarnsThe Government acknowledges the historic policy prohibiting homosexuality in the Armed Forces was regrettable, wrong and completely unacceptable. The treatment of LGBT Serving personnel between 1967 and 2000 was wholly unacceptable and does not reflect to...
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