Question follow-through · 60768
Armed Forces: LGBT+ People
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of sitting days of the Independent Panel to Access Impact Payments.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jun 2025 · 3 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
17 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of sitting days of the Independent Panel to Access Impact Payments.
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises the importance of timeliness in delivering this important recognition. The Independent Panel convened for its first sitting within days of their appointment on 13 May 2025, demonstrating the Government's commitment to delivering ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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