Written Question
Monday 22nd May 2023
Asked by:
Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to Answer 162222 of 14 March 2023, on Veterans: LGBT+ People, if he will take steps to publish the Government's response to the independent review into LGBT veterans in a timely way manner once that review is published.
Answered by Johnny Mercer
This Government is committed to understanding, acknowledging and where appropriate addressing the effect that the pre-2000 ban on homosexuality in the UK Armed Forces has had on veterans. In line with the terms of the Independent Review, we will carefully consider the findings and then publish the report and the Government’s response in due course.
Written Question
Tuesday 14th March 2023
Asked by:
Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the independent review into the service and experience of LGBT veterans who served between 1967 to 2000 will assess the reasons for which people with HIV were discharged in that period; and whether this will be assessed in the Government's response to that review.
Answered by Johnny Mercer
This Government is committed to ensuring that the service of every veteran is understood, valued and recognised.
The Cabinet Office and MoD have therefore commissioned an independent review to look at the impact of the pre-2000 ban on LGBT personnel serving in the Armed Forces. Whilst HIV status was not explicitly part of the independent review's terms of reference, the content of the final report will be a matter for the Review. The final report is due by 25 May, and we will publish the report and the Government’s response in due course thereafter.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"Q1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 30 November...."Tommy Sheppard - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Nov 2022
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"In 2014, the Prime Minister’s predecessor David Cameron signed up to the Smith commission, which promised among other things that
“nothing in this report prevents Scotland becoming an independent country…should the people of Scotland so choose.”
Does the Prime Minister share that view? If he does, in the light of …..."Tommy Sheppard - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Nov 2022
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"Q5. Given the continued Russian invasion and the now illegal annexation of parts of Ukraine, will the Prime Minister recommit his Government to pursuing the full and proper accountability, including through the International Criminal Court, of those who violate international law in territories that they occupy? In particular, will he …..."Tommy Sheppard - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Oct 2022
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"17. How many requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 have been denied by his Department citing an exemption under section 35(1)(a) of that Act in each of the last five years. ..."Tommy Sheppard - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Oct 2022
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"It is obviously disappointing that the Department does not collect those statistics given that the paragraph in question specifically relates to Government policy. I do not expect an answer today, but perhaps the Minister can write to me on the number of instances when decisions were subject to challenge at …..."Tommy Sheppard - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government
"The most disturbing aspect of this entire debate is that the Prime Minister is still in office. After all the lies, the rule-breaking and the defence of sexual predators, and after his own Cabinet turned on him, he is still in office. Clearly, this House has no confidence in the …..."Tommy Sheppard - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government
"I am sorry, but I did not hear what the hon. Gentleman said. My apologies. Will he repeat it?..."Tommy Sheppard - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government
"No, I do not, but if there were, it should certainly be investigated. If the hon. Gentleman is trying to say something, perhaps he should say it and not be quite so coy and insinuating.
What is even more concerning is the manner in which the Prime Minister’s successor is …..."Tommy Sheppard - View Speech
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