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In January 2022, thegovernment published the Veterans Strategy Action Plan: 2022 to 2024, which committed to deliver an independent review into the impact of pre-2000 practices on LGBT veterans. To deliver this,Defence and the Office for Veterans Affairs co-commissioned theLGBT Veterans Independent Review, chaired by Lord Etherton, in 2022.

The reviews final report providesthe government with abetter understanding of the experiences, impacts and implications of the policy and severalrecommendationsfor thegovernment toconsider.