Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

(asked on 25th September 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make posthumous pardons available under the Policing and Crime Act 2017 to armed forces personnel convicted of sexual offences that have now been abolished.


Answered by
Baroness Goldie Portrait
Baroness Goldie
Shadow Minister (Defence)
This question was answered on 8th October 2019

Primary legislation will be required in order to add to the list of Service disciplinary offences set out in the Policing and Crime Act 2017. We will continue to consider finding Parliamentary time for this.

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