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To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what forms of conduct that the Government intends to criminalise through the draft Conversion Practices Bill are not already capable of being prosecuted under existing law; and how many cases have been identified since 2018 in which action could not be taken...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what forms of conduct that the Government intends to criminalise through the draft Conversion Practices Bill are not already capable of being prosecuted under existing law; and how many cases have been identified since 2018 in which action could not be taken...
There are gaps in the current law which allow abusive conversion practices to happen lawfully and that is unacceptable. At the moment these abusive practices can go under the radar because people do not recognise abusive non-physical conversion practices for what they are.
Without specific legislation and a legal definition, these incidents are difficult to formally record, nor is there a consistent framework for victims or safeguarding professionals to identify them as abusive. Our Draft Bill provides a necessary legal definition, which will ensure that this abuse can be accurately recognised, formally tracked, and prosecuted.
Ordered, that this House concurs with the Lords Message of 1 September, that it is expedient that a Joint Committee of Lords and Commons be appointed to consider and report on the draft Conversion Practices Bill (CP 1604) presented to both Houses on 25 June. That a Select Committee of six Members be appointed to join with a Committee appointed by the Lords to consider the draft Conversion Practices Bill. That the Committee should report by 22 January 2027. That the Committee shall have power — (i) to send for persons, papers and records; (ii) to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House; (iii) to report from time to time; (iv) to appoint specialist advisers; and (v) to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom. That the quorum of the Committee shall be two; and that Olivia Bailey, Alex Barros-Curtis, Danny Beales, Feryal Clark, Marie Goldman and Sir Jeremy Wright be members of the Committee.
Ordered, that this House concurs with the Lords Message of 1 September, that it is expedient that a Joint Committee of Lords and Commons be appointed to consider and report on the draft Conversion Practices Bill (CP 1604) presented to both Houses on 25 June. That a Select Committee of...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her department has had discussions with the Scottish Government concerning the draft Conversion Practices Bill.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her department has had discussions with the Scottish Government concerning the draft Conversion Practices Bill.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Justice Impact Test for the draft Conversion Practices Bill will be completed; and what estimate she has made of the annual costs arising from (a) police investigations, (b) Crown Prosecution Service work, (c) legal aid, (d) court proceedings, (e) imprisonment,...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Justice Impact Test for the draft Conversion Practices Bill will be completed; and what estimate she has made of the annual costs arising from (a) police investigations, (b) Crown Prosecution Service work, (c) legal aid, (d) court proceedings, (e) imprisonment,...
The Government published its Economic Impact Assessment alongside the draft Conversion Practices Bill, which can be found here. We will continue to update the Economic Impact Assessment after pre-legislative scrutiny concludes and in the light of new evidence and analysis, as is usual in all policy processes.
We are currently working closely with the Ministry of Justice on the Justice Impact Test to assess the impacts on the justice system.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Draft Conversion Practices Bill published on 25 June 2026, whether specialists in the impacts of conversion practices will be involved in assessing whether conversion practices meet the criteria to be considered abusive.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Draft Conversion Practices Bill published on 25 June 2026, whether specialists in the impacts of conversion practices will be involved in assessing whether conversion practices meet the criteria to be considered abusive.
The Government published its draft Conversion Practices Bill on 25 June for pre-legislative scrutiny.
In developing the draft Bill, the Government has engaged with a wide range of stakeholders, including LGBT+ organisations, victim and survivor groups and criminal justice specialists. We have also assessed a range of evidence and research to develop measures that comprehensively protect people from abusive conversion practices.
The pre-legislative scrutiny process will test and strengthen our draft Bill ensuring it is effective in the long term and we welcome cross-party engagement and scrutiny on all aspects of this draft legislation including through the pre-legislative scrutiny process.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Office for Equality and Opportunity's press release entitled Government pushes forward with conversion practices ban to protect LGBT+ people from abuse, published on 25 June 2026, whether draft statutory guidance will be published before the legislation comes into...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Office for Equality and Opportunity's press release entitled Government pushes forward with conversion practices ban to protect LGBT+ people from abuse, published on 25 June 2026, whether draft statutory guidance will be published before the legislation comes into...
The Government published its draft Conversion Practices Bill on 25 June for pre-legislative scrutiny.
The draft Bill sets robust thresholds to target clear instances of harmful and abusive acts.
The pre-legislative scrutiny process will test and strengthen our draft Bill ensuring it is effective in the long term. Once the draft legislation has completed pre-legislative scrutiny and the subsequent parliamentary passage, it would be at this point that the Government would produce any necessary guidance. We would engage with all relevant public sector bodies in developing any such guidance.
I would like to assure you, My officials and I engaged with a wide range of stakeholders from across relevant sectors, this includes the Crown Prosecution Service.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Office for Equality and Opportunity's press release entitled Government pushes forward with conversion practices ban to protect LGBT+ people from abuse, published on 25 June 2026, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the draft...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Office for Equality and Opportunity's press release entitled Government pushes forward with conversion practices ban to protect LGBT+ people from abuse, published on 25 June 2026, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the draft...
The Government published its draft Conversion Practices Bill on 25 June for pre-legislative scrutiny. The draft Bill sets robust thresholds to target clear instances of harmful and abusive acts. Officials have assessed a range of evidence and research to develop and deliver measures that comprehensively protect people from abusive conversion practices.
We welcome further cross-party engagement and scrutiny to ensure our proposed draft Bill is effective in the long-term.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether s1(3) of the Conversion Practices draft bill removes culpability for abusive conversion practices if carried out in the course of providing healthcare services.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether s1(3) of the Conversion Practices draft bill removes culpability for abusive conversion practices if carried out in the course of providing healthcare services.
The Government published its draft Conversion Practices Bill on 25 June for pre-legislative scrutiny.
The draft Bill will criminalise abusive, harmful acts which are intended to change a person’s sexual orientation or transgender identity. The draft Bill will target where an individual intentionally encourages or assists an abusive conversion practice performed outside England and Wales - this provision is in line with existing criminal law on inchoate offences.
The healthcare exemption merely ensures that genuine healthcare professionals, therapists and counsellors can be confident that they can continue their work to support patients and have free and open conversations about sexuality and gender identity. Those delivering abusive ‘quack’ therapies cannot rely on the draft Bill’s healthcare exemption to claim that their approach is in any way legitimate.
We understand this is a complex area, and we welcome our approach being tested as part of the pre-legislative scrutiny process.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether s3(2) of the Conversion Practices draft bill removes culpability for the assistance or encouragement of an abusive conversion practice on the grounds that it was foreseeable but unintended.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether s3(2) of the Conversion Practices draft bill removes culpability for the assistance or encouragement of an abusive conversion practice on the grounds that it was foreseeable but unintended.
The Government published its draft Conversion Practices Bill on 25 June for pre-legislative scrutiny.
The draft Bill will criminalise abusive, harmful acts which are intended to change a person’s sexual orientation or transgender identity. The draft Bill will target where an individual intentionally encourages or assists an abusive conversion practice performed outside England and Wales - this provision is in line with existing criminal law on inchoate offences.
The healthcare exemption merely ensures that genuine healthcare professionals, therapists and counsellors can be confident that they can continue their work to support patients and have free and open conversations about sexuality and gender identity. Those delivering abusive ‘quack’ therapies cannot rely on the draft Bill’s healthcare exemption to claim that their approach is in any way legitimate.
We understand this is a complex area, and we welcome our approach being tested as part of the pre-legislative scrutiny process.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Draft Conversion Practices Bill published on 25 June 2026, what is meant by “procedures similar to forms of medical or surgical care” in clause 1(9)(b).
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Draft Conversion Practices Bill published on 25 June 2026, what is meant by “procedures similar to forms of medical or surgical care” in clause 1(9)(b).
The Government published its draft Conversion Practices Bill on 25 June for pre-legislative scrutiny. The draft Bill sets robust thresholds to target clear instances of harmful and abusive acts. Officials have assessed a range of evidence and research to develop and deliver measures that comprehensively protect people from abusive conversion practices.
We welcome cross-party engagement and scrutiny on all aspects of this draft legislation including through the pre-legislative scrutiny process. This includes engagement and scrutiny of the healthcare provisions.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Draft Conversion Practices Bill published on 25 June 2026, what assessment she has made of the potential impacts of clause 1(9)(b) which includes “procedures similar to forms of medical or surgical care” within the definition of “health care...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Draft Conversion Practices Bill published on 25 June 2026, what assessment she has made of the potential impacts of clause 1(9)(b) which includes “procedures similar to forms of medical or surgical care” within the definition of “health care...
The Government published its draft Conversion Practices Bill on 25 June for pre-legislative scrutiny. The draft Bill sets robust thresholds to target clear instances of harmful and abusive acts. Officials have assessed a range of evidence and research to develop and deliver measures that comprehensively protect people from abusive conversion practices.
We welcome cross-party engagement and scrutiny on all aspects of this draft legislation including through the pre-legislative scrutiny process. This includes engagement and scrutiny of the healthcare provisions.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Draft Conversion Practices Bill published on 25 June 2026, how “standards reasonably expected of a person in their position” will be defined with regards to the exemption for health care providers set out in clause 1(3) of the...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Draft Conversion Practices Bill published on 25 June 2026, how “standards reasonably expected of a person in their position” will be defined with regards to the exemption for health care providers set out in clause 1(3) of the...
The Government published its draft Conversion Practices Bill on 25 June for pre-legislative scrutiny. The draft Bill sets robust thresholds to target clear instances of harmful and abusive acts. Officials have assessed a range of evidence and research to develop and deliver measures that comprehensively protect people from abusive conversion practices.
We welcome cross-party engagement and scrutiny on all aspects of this draft legislation including through the pre-legislative scrutiny process. This includes engagement and scrutiny of the healthcare provisions.
Lords motion that it is expedient that a joint committee of Lords and Commons be appointed to consider and report on the Draft Conversion Practices Bill presented to both Houses on 25 June (CP 1604), and that the Committee should report on the draft Bill by 22 January 2027. Agreed to on question. Message sent to the Commons.
Lords motion that it is expedient that a joint committee of Lords and Commons be appointed to consider and report on the Draft Conversion Practices Bill presented to both Houses on 25 June (CP 1604), and that the Committee should report on the draft Bill by 22 January 2027. Agreed...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment her Department has made of the equality impact of the exemption for those providing healthcare services under section 1.3 of the Draft Conversion Practices Bill.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment her Department has made of the equality impact of the exemption for those providing healthcare services under section 1.3 of the Draft Conversion Practices Bill.
The Government published its draft Conversion Practices Bill on 25 June for pre-legislative scrutiny. We welcome cross-party engagement and scrutiny on all aspects of this draft legislation, including the healthcare provisions.
Our proposed Bill will criminalise abusive, harmful acts which are intended to change a person's identity. To be clear, a conversion practice would never be legitimate healthcare and healthcare providers will be within the scope of the offence if they fall below the standards reasonably expected of a person in their position.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Conversion practices draft bill, published on 25 June 2026, if she will make the definition of healthcare services more narrow.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Conversion practices draft bill, published on 25 June 2026, if she will make the definition of healthcare services more narrow.
The Government published its draft Conversion Practices Bill on 25 June for pre-legislative scrutiny. We have requested that this is done by a Joint Committee and welcome cross-party engagement and scrutiny on all aspects of this draft legislation, including the healthcare provisions.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has considered international examples in the formation of the Conversion practices draft bill.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has considered international examples in the formation of the Conversion practices draft bill.
We have grouped questions 14944, 14945 and 14946 together.
The Government published its draft Conversion Practices Bill on 25 June for pre-legislative scrutiny.
I would like to assure you, my officials and I engaged with a wide range of stakeholders from across LGBT+ organisations, as well as victim and survivor groups to inform the draft Bill. Officials have assessed a range of evidence and research to develop and deliver measures that comprehensively protect transgender people from abusive conversion practices.
In developing draft legislation, we have carefully considered a wide range of international frameworks. We have tailored our draft Bill to ensure it is robust and aligns with the UK legal framework and precedent.
We welcome further cross-party engagement and scrutiny to ensure our proposed draft Bill is effective in the long-term.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Conversion practices draft bill for protecting trans people from conversion therapy practices.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Conversion practices draft bill for protecting trans people from conversion therapy practices.
We have grouped questions 14944, 14945 and 14946 together.
The Government published its draft Conversion Practices Bill on 25 June for pre-legislative scrutiny.
I would like to assure you, my officials and I engaged with a wide range of stakeholders from across LGBT+ organisations, as well as victim and survivor groups to inform the draft Bill. Officials have assessed a range of evidence and research to develop and deliver measures that comprehensively protect transgender people from abusive conversion practices.
In developing draft legislation, we have carefully considered a wide range of international frameworks. We have tailored our draft Bill to ensure it is robust and aligns with the UK legal framework and precedent.
We welcome further cross-party engagement and scrutiny to ensure our proposed draft Bill is effective in the long-term.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which LGBTQ+ groups were consulted with regarding the Conversion practices draft bill.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which LGBTQ+ groups were consulted with regarding the Conversion practices draft bill.
We have grouped questions 14944, 14945 and 14946 together.
The Government published its draft Conversion Practices Bill on 25 June for pre-legislative scrutiny.
I would like to assure you, my officials and I engaged with a wide range of stakeholders from across LGBT+ organisations, as well as victim and survivor groups to inform the draft Bill. Officials have assessed a range of evidence and research to develop and deliver measures that comprehensively protect transgender people from abusive conversion practices.
In developing draft legislation, we have carefully considered a wide range of international frameworks. We have tailored our draft Bill to ensure it is robust and aligns with the UK legal framework and precedent.
We welcome further cross-party engagement and scrutiny to ensure our proposed draft Bill is effective in the long-term.
Lords statement on the Conversion Practices Bill.
Lords statement on the Conversion Practices Bill.
My Lords, it should go without saying that anyone who has been subjected to violence, coercion or abuse because of who they are or whom they love deserves the full protection of the law, but this Bill provides no necessary new protections and risks criminalising people who have done nothing...
My Lords, it should go without saying that anyone who has been subjected to violence, coercion or abuse because of who they are or whom they love deserves the full protection of the law, but this Bill provides no necessary new protections and risks criminalising people who have done nothing...