LGBT+ People

(asked on 6th July 2023) - View Source
Questioner
Helen Hayes Portrait
Helen Hayes
(Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood)

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to strengthen LGBT+ rights.

Answered by
Stuart Andrew Portrait
Stuart Andrew
Opposition Chief Whip (Commons)
This question was answered on 12th July 2023

The UK has a proud history of LGBT rights with a comprehensive and robust framework of legislative protection.

We have already taken great strides, including:

    • reducing the cost of applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate and moving the application process online

    • extending same-sex marriage to Northern Ireland

    • setting out our plan to end new HIV cases by 2030, and ending the ban on HIV+ people joining the UK armed services; and

    • setting out tailored action to address LGBT homelessness in the Rough Sleeping Strategy, such as improving how data on LGBT homelessness is collected and extending investment into coordinated local rough sleeping services.

I am also pleased to add that I recently held a roundtable with a range of stakeholders on the issue of LGBT homelessness which explored prevalence and what we can do to address it in the coming months. We will continue to make progress on LGBT rights and will set out further details soon.

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