Question follow-through · 1880
Conversion Therapy and Gender Recognition
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what responsibilities she has for (a) potential reform of gender recognition laws and (b) banning of conversion practices.
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- Answering body
- Women and Equalities
- Tabled
- 25 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 2 Aug 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what responsibilities she has for (a) potential reform of gender recognition laws and (b) banning of conversion practices.
29 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Aug 2024
Answer published
Alongside Bridget Phillipson as Secretary of State with responsibility for Women and Equalities, my department has responsibility for the Government’s equality policy, including on LGBT+ issues.Conversion practices are acts that aim to change someone’s se...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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