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1693533

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
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, on what date will draft legislation to ban conversion practices be published.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	16924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>This Government remains committed to protecting everyone from abhorrent and harmful conversion practices, including transgender people. The challenges of legislating in this area are considerable, and it is right and proper that this Government puts the draft Bill forward for pre-legislative scrutiny, as a further safeguard against unintended consequences.</p><p>Our draft Bill is being finalised. The Government expects to deliver a draft Bill that takes account of the independent Cass review, which is itself expected shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/03/2024 16:32:20 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1676354

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential application of the Offences Against the person Act 1861 in tackling the use of conversion practices with LGBT people.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	5874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The Law Officers' Convention enables the Attorney General and I to have frank discussions with our Ministerial colleagues.</p><p>The Law Officers' Convention means that we cannot disclose whether or not we have advised on a legal issue or whether we will do so in the future.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/12/2023 14:41:37 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1676357

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether his Department has issued guidance to the (a) police and (b) Crown Prosecution Service on using existing legislation to tackle conversion practices against LGBT People.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	5875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The police are the responsibility of the Home Office.</p><p>While the Attorney General's Office superintends the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the CPS are operationally independent. The CPS bring prosecutions in line with the Code for Crown prosecutors.</p><p>The Attorney General's Office has not issued any guidance to the CPS.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/12/2023 14:36:02 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1677625

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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, when she plans to publish the responses to her Department's consultation on banning conversion therapy.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	900634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains absolutely committed to taking action to tackle abhorrent conversion 'therapy' practices. These acts are aimed at changing someone else's identity, whether that be to or from being LGBT, and have no place in UK society.</p><p>Equality Ministers and officials have been carefully considering the issue, including all of the responses we received to our public consultation. This is to ensure any action we take is robust, measured and avoids any unintended consequences on parents, clinicians, teachers or religious groups.</p><p>A draft Bill setting out our approach will be published for pre-legislative scrutiny by a joint Committee of both Houses in the new year, alongside the Government’s response to the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/12/2023 17:05:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1674359

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
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 which stakeholders she has held discussions on a ban on conversion practices for LGBT people.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	4743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>Equality Hub Ministers and officials have engaged with a wide range of stakeholders on the subject of conversion practices, including representatives of LGBT organisations and counterparts in international jurisdictions, in order to fully inform our approach to this complex issue.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This engagement consists of, but is not limited to, holding conversations with victims and survivors, LGBT groups, healthcare professionals, faith groups, groups advocating for sex-based rights and parliamentarians.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Several international jurisdictions have passed legislation in this area recently, and our analysis of their approaches is ongoing.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 4744 question first answered 08/12/2023 10:58:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1674360

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
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, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of legislation in other countries which bans conversion practices for LGBT people.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	4744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>Equality Hub Ministers and officials have engaged with a wide range of stakeholders on the subject of conversion practices, including representatives of LGBT organisations and counterparts in international jurisdictions, in order to fully inform our approach to this complex issue.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This engagement consists of, but is not limited to, holding conversations with victims and survivors, LGBT groups, healthcare professionals, faith groups, groups advocating for sex-based rights and parliamentarians.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Several international jurisdictions have passed legislation in this area recently, and our analysis of their approaches is ongoing.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 4743 question first answered 08/12/2023 10:58:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1674006

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
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, when she plans to publish a response to the consultation entitled Banning conversion therapy, published on 29 October 2021.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	4523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p><strong> <br></strong>No one in this country should be harmed or harassed for who they are and attempts at so-called ‘conversion therapy’ are abhorrent. That is why we are carefully considering this very complex issue. We will be setting out further details on this in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 4517 question first answered 08/12/2023 11:01:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1674046

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
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, what her planned timetable is to publish the responses to her Department's consultation on banning conversion therapy.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	4517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p><strong> <br></strong>No one in this country should be harmed or harassed for who they are and attempts at so-called ‘conversion therapy’ are abhorrent. That is why we are carefully considering this very complex issue. We will be setting out further details on this in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 4523 question first answered 08/12/2023 11:01:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1671503

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
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, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of existing legislation to tackle conversion practices affecting LGBT people.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	2688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p><br>No one in this country should be harmed or harassed for who they are and attempts at so-called ‘conversion therapy’ are abhorrent. That is why we are carefully considering this very complex issue. We will be setting out further details on this in due course</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 28/11/2023 17:55:08 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1667974

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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, whether it remains her policy to ban conversion therapy.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>No one in this country should be harmed or harassed for who they are and attempts at so-called ‘conversion therapy’ are abhorrent. That is why we are carefully considering this very complex issue. We will be setting out further details on this in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 482 question first answered 14/11/2023 15:05:53 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn