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<p>The Government has been liaising with Territorial Offices and the devolved administrations
including the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive on this important
issue. It is positive to note that developments in all four parts of the UK are such
that there is work underway, at different stages, to end conversion practices often
known as conversion therapy.</p><p>Officials will continue to work with their counterparts
to discuss the UK Government’s proposals for England and Wales and share advice and
progress on the approach to banning conversion therapy practices. We will share responses
to our current public consultation relating to Scotland and Northern Ireland with
relevant officials and we look forward to receiving further details of the Scottish
Expert Advisory Group’s findings once they are developed. We have also provided the
Scottish Parliament with written evidence on our plans to ban conversion therapy.</p><p>We
are engaging with a wide range of international jurisdictions including Canada, France,
New Zealand and Malta to understand the approaches they have taken or are developing
to ban conversion therapy and to share our own developments too.</p>
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