Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress the Government has made on banning conversion practices.

The Government is committed to protecting people from these practices.

We are carefully considering the responses to the public consultation on banning conversion practices which closed last year.

We will be publishing a draft bill to ban conversion practices for pre-legislative scrutiny in this parliamentary session. We hope to send it to a Joint Committee for scrutiny and will work with the Liaison Committee accordingly.

In the meantime, we have launched a support service open to all victims and those at risk of conversion practices regardless of their background or circumstances, backed by up to £360,000 over three years.