Early day motion · EDM 565 · 4 Jun 2020

LGBTQ+ conversion therapy in the UK

Tabled by Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat) 29 signatures

The motion

That this House recognises the need to make LGBTQ+ conversion therapy illegal in the United Kingdom; believes that Her Majesty’s Government must act to ensure all citizens of the LGBTQ+ community feel protected from harm; is concerned at the continuing of such archaic practices in the United Kingdom; calls on Her Majesty’s Government to make running conversion therapy in the UK a criminal offence; further calls on Her Majesty’s Government to make forcing people to attend conversion therapy a criminal offence; urges Her Majesty’s Government to make the sending of individuals abroad to try to convert them a criminal offence.

Source: the official Early Day Motions database.