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The apology followed a remendatn om an pennt Mister Rishi SunakThe Prime Mister has apologised for the “horrific” historil treatment of LGBT people who served the ary unr the pre-2000 ban on homosexualy the armed apology was ma after a remendatn om a Government-missned pennt review to the service and experience of LGBT veterans who served the armed forc between 1967 and review, rried out by Lord Etherton, former master of the rolls and head of civil jtice, was published on Wednday and ma 49 remendatns to the Government, cludg makg an “appropriate fancial award” to affected Sunak told the Commons: “The ban on LGBT people servg our ary until the year 2000 was an appallg failure of the Brish state s behd the law of this land. “As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment, all while bravely servg this untry.
”In a wrten statement to Parliament, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the review received “shockg and emotive” ttimoni – 1, 128 total – and he hop the apology “will be the start of them receivg long overdue acknowledgement” Etherton said the report is a “unique rerd of what, to the morn eye, is an prehensible policy of homophobic bigotry our armed forc” he said: “The armed forc today are a very different environment terms of greater diversy and cln. ”Dcribg the ntributn of statements given by victims of the ban, he said: “Those statements give shockg evince of a culture of homophobia and of bullyg, blackmail and sexual asslts, abive vtigatns to sexual orientatn and sexual preference, disgraceful medil examatns, cludg nversn therapy, peremptory discharg, and appallg nsequenc terms of mental health and wellbeg, homelsns, employment, personal relatnships and fancial hardship. “As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment, all while bravely servg this untry, ” Sunak told MP.
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Promisg the ernment would implement the “vast majory” of Etherton’s remendatns, Wallace said he would fully update the Commons a formal bate about the issue after the about pensatn, Wallace said he hoped to fd “an elegant solutn that match the need and the requirements of those dividuals”, promisg to set this out after Kelly Holm, who served the army and me out as gay last year, was among mpaigners who weled the apology.