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Armed Forces: Women

Asked by Sarah DykeLiberal DemocratMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 12 February 2026UIN 111886

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the evidential basis is for his Department's position that all of the Atherton Report’s recommendations have been implemented in full.

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 December 2025 to Question 98153 to the hon. Member for Lewes (James MacCleary).https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-08/98153

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