"“My government will bring forward a bill to speed up remediation for people living in homes with unsafe cladding [Remediation Bill] and a draft bill to ban abusive conversion practices [Draft Conversion Practices Bill],” King Charles III said in his speech last week. In an addendum to the speech, the government added that “conversion practices are abuse, and the government will deliver the manifesto commitment to bring forward a trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices.”"
"Conversion therapy is a widely debunked practice that has been likened to torture. However, in a 2018 survey, out of 108,000 respondents, 5% reported having been offered conversion therapy, while 2% said that they had undergone it."
"While called the King's Speech, it is a policy outline that is written by the U.K. government, in this case, the Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The positions laid out in the speech are not in any way legally binding but rather represent a legislative agenda."
"The first time a conversion therapy ban was promised for the U.K. was in 2018, when the Conservative government led by Theresa May claimed it would introduce proposals to end conversion therapy in the U.K. In 2022, Boris Johnson supported a ban that was not trans-inclusive following a 2021 government study that suggested a ban on conversion therapy for gender identity might be more complex and intr"
A legislative plan will introduce a ban on abusive conversion practices in the U.K. The plan targets so-called “treatment” for both sexual orientation and gender identity. The commitment is presented as part of the King’s Speech, with a draft Conversion Practices Bill intended to deliver a trans-inclusive ban. The government also pairs this with a Remediation Bill aimed at speeding up remediation for homes with unsafe cladding. Conversion therapy is described as widely debunked and likened to torture. Survey data from 2018 reports that 5% of respondents were offered conversion therapy and 2% said they underwent it. Some skepticism remains about whether the ban will become fully realized legislation.
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