Veterans: LGBT+ People
Commons · Question 8161 · Tabled 9 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Ruth Cadbury
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
Answered by Al Carns, 16 Oct 2024
The 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...