sep 15, 2023 - Conversion Therapy ban Deadline Missed

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Campaigners have voiced anger that the government will probably break its promise to ban so-called conversion therapy.

Time has run out to publish draft legislation with a view to including a bill in the king’s speech in November.

As prime minister five years ago, Theresa May promised a ban on practices that sought to suppress or “cure” a person’s sexual orientation. Boris Johnson repeated the pledge during the 2019 general election campaign.

This year, Penny Mordaunt, the leader of the Commons, told campaigners that draft legislation would be published before the end of the parliamentary session. But this week she refused to say the commitment would be met before the current session ends on Tuesday.

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