Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on implementing the recommendations of the LGBT Veterans Independent Review.

I am disgusted by the mistreatment of our brave LGBT veterans who served between 1967 and 2000.

I am pleased that the Government has delivered 48 of the 49 recommendations made by the Lord Etherton’s Independent Review.

One of those was the unveiling of the LGBT+ Armed Forces Community Memorial. I was honoured to attend the dedication in October, alongside His Majesty the King and LGBT Veterans and Service personnel.

The one outstanding recommendation recognises the unique experiences of female veterans. Work is ongoing on a number of initiatives towards this, including launch of a new Women Veterans Forum.