UK Parliament to debate gay ‘cure’ therapies next week
A Westminster Hall Debate in the House of Commons on gay conversion therapy will take place on Wednesday 20 November, it has been announced.
The debate, moved by Labour MP Sandra Osborne, will include an official response from the government.
The move has cross-party backing with MPs from Labour, the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru all co-sponsoring the bill.
In June, Mr Davies wrote to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt urging for him to consider a complete ban.
A 2010 report by Professor Michael King of University College London found that one in six UK psychiatrists had sought to reduce or change a patient’s sexual orientation.
Whilst professionals in the NHS and other areas have to register to legally-recognised professional bodies, such as the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), counsellors and psychotherapists are not regulated professions and people can practice as conversion therapists without being part of any professional organisation.
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