Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Conversion practices draft bill for protecting trans people from conversion therapy practices.

We have grouped questions 14944, 14945 and 14946 together.

The Government published its draft Conversion Practices Bill on 25 June for pre-legislative scrutiny.

I would like to assure you, my officials and I engaged with a wide range of stakeholders from across LGBT+ organisations, as well as victim and survivor groups to inform the draft Bill. Officials have assessed a range of evidence and research to develop and deliver measures that comprehensively protect transgender people from abusive conversion practices.

In developing draft legislation, we have carefully considered a wide range of international frameworks. We have tailored our draft Bill to ensure it is robust and aligns with the UK legal framework and precedent.

We welcome further cross-party engagement and scrutiny to ensure our proposed draft Bill is effective in the long-term.