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<p>The Government is committed to banning the practice of all coercive so-called ‘conversion
therapy’ in this country, strengthening existing criminal law provisions and introducing
an offence which protects under-18s and those who are unwillingly subjected to these
abhorrent practices.</p><p>The Government is currently consulting on our proposals
to legislate for a ban on conversion therapy. The question is how, not whether, we
will ban conversion therapy. We are engaging with a wide range of relevant stakeholders,
victims and professionals to ensure that the ban is effective in ending different
forms of conversion therapy. The consultation runs until Friday 4 February and I would
encourage anyone with an interest who has not yet done so to respond at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/banning-conversion-therapy"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/banning-conversion-therapy</a>.</p><p>The
consultation responses will be used to further refine the Government’s policy proposals
on banning conversion therapy and inform the process of developing legislation. We
will prepare a Bill for this Spring to be introduced as soon as Parliamentary time
allows.</p>
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