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	date	01/06/2020
	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	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 the letter from the Government Equalities Office to the hon Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston in December 2019, ref COGEO-001047, when the timetable for ending conversion therapy will be released.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	52328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes this issue very seriously and fundamentally disagrees with attempts to forcibly change someone’s sexuality.</p><p>My officials are working at pace on the matter, and we will outline plans to end its practice in due course.</p><p>We have commissioned research that looks at the scope of practices and experiences of those subjected to conversion therapy. Once the findings have been reviewed, we will continue engaging other key stakeholders, and ensure we quickly progress an effective approach.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 05/06/2020 08:27:45 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

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	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	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	Conversion Therapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the existing legislative framework to end conversion therapy.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	52329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office are reviewing the current legislative framework to see where and how the harmful and unacceptable practices referred to as conversion therapy may already be captured by existing laws and offences.</p><p>As my honourable friend will know, there are certain abhorrent and violent practices which may be classed as conversion therapy such as ‘corrective’ rape, or other forms of physical abuse, which are already covered by existing criminal offences. Where such practices are already unlawful, we will ensure the law is clear, well understood and enforced.</p><p>Where dangerous conversion therapy practices are not already unlawful, we are examining the best ways to prevent them being conducted, without sending such practices underground.</p><p>We will outline plans to end Conversion Therapy practice in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 05/06/2020 08:32:49 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill