Question follow-through · 906825
LGBT+ People: Armed Forces
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.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Women and Equalities
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 10 Dec 2025 · 6 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
4 Dec 2025
Question tabled
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.
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Dec 2025
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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