United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL2691
Armed Forces: Homosexuality
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18 October 2022
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25 October 2022 · Answer
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Defence
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25 October 2022
Summary
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Goldie on 17 October (HL Deb col 952), how many service personnel discharged or dismissed before 2000 for homosexual conduct that was legal in civilian life forfeited their full pension r
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18 October 2022
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Goldie on 17 October (HL Deb col 952), how many service personnel discharged or dismissed before 2000 for homosexual conduct that was legal in civilian life forfeited their full pension r
Source: Lords
25 October 2022
Answer
Defence recognises and accepts that the policy that homosexuality was incompatible with Service life was unacceptable and that its LGBT+ veteran community suffered as a consequence. As part of the Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan 2022-2024, the Ministry of ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-10-18/HL2691
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1523497
- uk · wq-1523497 · source updated 25 October 2022