Question follow-through · 15113
Veterans: LGBT+ People
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of lifting the proposed £50 million cap on reparations for LGBT+ veterans.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 19 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 28 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
19 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of lifting the proposed £50 million cap on reparations for LGBT+ veterans.
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Nov 2024
Answer published
Defence is committed to welcoming back LGBT veterans into the Armed Forces community, where they have always belonged. All 49 recommendations made in Lord Etherton’s report have been accepted and to date, 38 of the recommendations have already been implem...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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