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1343830

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date	05/07/2021
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to Canada’s House of Commons passing a bill criminalizing LGBTQ+ conversion therapy and the passage of a similar ban by the Australian state of Victoria, what steps his Department is taking to work with national and state legislators in those nations to ensure a ban on conversion therapy reflects international best practice.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	27048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>Officials in the Equality Hub are in discussion with international policy counterparts, to fully understand the detail and impact of other jurisdictions’ measures and to inform the Government’s next steps. However, we must ensure a ban on conversion therapy works here and that is why we have committed to launching a consultation in September. We want to hear from a wide range of voices on how best to protect people from conversion therapy while ensuring the medical profession can continue to work in line with best practice, defending freedom of speech, and upholding religious freedom. This will be vital for ensuring the action we take is informed, effective and proportionate.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 12/07/2021 16:51:40 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1338139

registered interest
date	18/06/2021
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Non-binary People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to give full recognition to people in the UK who identify as non-binary.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	18501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting all LGBT people, tackling discrimination and improving the lives of all citizens.</p><p>We have been clear in the response to the Gender Recognition Act consultation in September 2020 that there are no plans to make changes to the 2004 Act.</p><p>Following a considerable amount of consultation with the public, the Government decided that the current provisions within the GRA allow for those that wish to legally change their sex to do so safely and fairly. The consultation did not bring forward any proposals to extend the GRA to provide legal recognition to a third, or non-binary, gender.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 24/06/2021 16:21:23 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1327343

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy: Victoria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the Australian State of Victoria’s Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2021 as a model for legislation to ban conversion therapy in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	6208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2021 answer text <p>As set out in the Queen’s Speech earlier this month, we will bring forward legislation to ban conversion therapy. We will also launch a consultation before details of the ban are finalised to hear from a wide range of voices on how best to protect people from conversion therapy while protecting the medical profession, defending freedom of speech, and upholding religious freedom. We are considering all options for the scope of a ban and will be engaging the appropriate stakeholders, including organisations who support survivors of conversion therapy, to gather views. We have also already met with conversion therapy survivors, to hear about their experiences.</p><p>We have also undertaken research to understand practices, experiences and impacts associated with conversion therapy and will publish this in due course. Officials are also in discussion with international policy counterparts, to fully understand the detail and impact of other jurisdictions’ measures, in order to inform the UK’s next steps.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 6400 6401 6402 question first answered 01/06/2021 15:44:16 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1202429

registered interest
date	10/06/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the adverse effect of covid-19 on members of BAME communities.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	57924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>Guided by medical and scientific expertise, the Government has implemented significant measures to reduce the spread of the virus in all communities, especially those who may be at higher risk. This includes targeted testing of occupations and groups at higher risk; guidance for NHS organisations on how to enhance their existing risk assessments particularly for potentially at-risk groups within their workforce; and translating the latest information into multiple languages and forms to meet accessibility needs.</p><p>In April, the Department for Health and Social Care commissioned Public Health England (PHE) to undertake a rapid review to understand how different factors have affected COVID-19 risk and outcomes. The report has some limitations - the ethnicity analyses did not, for example, adjust for factors such as co-morbidities. As Minister for Equalities, I am working with the Race Disparity Unit and the Department for Health and Social Care to carry forward work to identify and fill the gaps in PHE’s review; and work across government to take appropriate steps to mitigate disparities identified. The terms of reference for this work, which include quarterly updates to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on progress, were published on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> on 4 June.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 29/06/2020 11:09:18 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1176471

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equal Pay: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to tackle the LGBT+ pay gap.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	12848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data differentiating the pay between LGBT people and non-LGBT people and this data is not widely collected by employers.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/02/2020 16:49:43 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler