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<p>The Government does not recognise ‘gay conversion therapy’ as a legitimate treatment.
We have already worked with the main registration and accreditation bodies for psychotherapy
and counselling practitioners, including the UK Council for Psychotherapy, to develop
a Memorandum of Understanding to end this practice.</p><p>The Government are not aware
of widespread instances of gay conversion therapy happening in the UK but we want
to develop a better understanding of the extent to which it is being practised. That
is why we included questions on this topic in our national LGBT survey, which was
launched this summer.</p><p>We will publish the survey results and our response in
the new year.</p><p> </p>
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