Written questions

LGBT+ People: Armed Forces

Commons · Question 906825 · Tabled 4 Dec 2025 · Women and Equalities · Official record

Answered 10 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Charlie Maynard

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department has taken with the Secretary of State for Defence to help tackle LGBTQ+ discrimination in the armed forces.

Answer

Answered by Olivia Bailey, 10 Dec 2025

The Government is committed to supporting LGBT personnel in the Armed Forces, including through engagement with our LGBT networks, same-sex marriages in military chapels and involvement with major Pride events. We are also implementing all 49 of Lord Ethe...